Andras Kern Movies

A man discovers it doesn't hurt to have a cool car if he wants to meet women in this comedy. Janos (Andras Stohl) is young, good-looking, and a well-to-do businessman, but his love life is not making him very happy; the only women he meets are vacuous and more interested in his money than in himself. One afternoon, Janos is tooling around in his new BMW when he accidentally runs into Vera (Eszter Ondori), an attractive young woman on rollerblades. Immediately smitten, Janos tells her that he's just won a special contest in which she's won the use of the car for a month -- and he'll be her driver. Very happily she accepts the offer, but before long, Janos realizes that he'll have to do a lot of double talking to conceal his real identity and explain his absence to his staff. Meseauto is a remake of the 1935 Hungarian feature of the same title, which starred Ella Gombaszogi. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

This European drama chronicles the life of a 13-year old Jewish girl in the 1950's during Stalin's reign. It is told from her point of view. The story begins in 1952. Kati is in class when she is abruptly removed and informed of her mother's death. Because her father works in a distant city, Kati must live briefly with her uncaring uncle. She eventually returns to her former apartment which she must share with another family. She must return because there is a housing shortage. Any empty flats are seized and occupied. To ease her subsequent loneliness, Kati begins holding imaginary conversations with her mother. Though the images are surprisingly real to Kati, they do not take the place of real friends and affections. Trouble ensues after she holds a birthday party at her house. There is liquor. After the party, Kati expresses erotic thoughts. Her teacher discovers the diary. Kati does find love with a bookseller who is involved with another woman. She invites him to share her apartment. The night she loses her virginity is disappointing. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

In a routine comedy with a few highlights here and there, three different but identical suitcases get mixed up with disastrous results. The first suitcase holds the loot stolen from a national bank and when the robbers bump into a tipsy musician on the street, they accidentally take his suitcase instead. This leads to quite a surprise when the piece of luggage is finally opened (by both parties), but circumstances get even more complicated. One of the thieves is killed, and after his body is put into an identical suitcase, the formula for total chaos is set. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

In this fast-paced satire, Ferenc Deak (Andras Kern) is a successful Hungarian writer persecuted by the police for reasons that are absurd, and his life goes downhill from there. While Deak is celebrating his most recent award (the Ovidon Prize for literature -- Ovidon is a contraceptive), the police crash his party and take him away to a tribunal where the charges of a murder committed in 1949 are brought against him. It does no good to note that he was born in 1950 -- the sins of the father, says the state, are not only visited on the son, but the son is a viable surrogate for the father's punishment as well. Social satire and spoofs of Hungarian behavior follow in quick succession as Deak's chances for escaping his unjust fate decrease with every passing minute. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

The Hungarian Oh, Bloody Life reflects on the heavy emotional toll taken by the repressive Stalin regime. Dorotya Udvaros plays a young actress from a high-born family. The government bias against persons of wealth threatens to destroy her career before it begins. As a final blow, she is threatened with deportation. The exasperation inherent in the film's title is only the tip of the iceberg. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

A tragicomic tale of friendship gone awry starts when the younger member of a stand-up comedy duo jettisons his older partner in favor of a mistress who will do just as well. The rejected partner is out for blood, and vows to kill the young twerp - a pursuit that introduces most of the characters, all of the chase scenes, and some very strange denizens of the theatrical world. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

This film is about film director Peter Bona, who makes films on a shoestring. To get his next production off the ground, he needs 10,000 Hungarian florins. He puts the touch on a number of people, with no success. However, he has an aunt, a hero of socialism, who is in town for the dedication of a street in her husband's name. He visits her apartment, and steals the money. Something about her captures his imagination, and he sneaks back and returns the money before it is missed. As he learns more about her, Peter's fascination with his aunt grows. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

This confusing political drama from director Zoltan Fabri stars Antal Pager, Emil Keresh, and Yanov Gvorbe. A crusading newspaper reporter covers the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956. Initially critical of the communists, the feature later espouses the virtues of the social changes implemented since the invasion. The title refers to the period of time the reporter spent interviewing witnesses to the invasion. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi