Peter Huszti Movies
- 1985
Amateur and heavy-handed, this biography of the Hungarian composer of operettas Imre Kalman is informative but at the same time flat and unrealistic in its portrayal of human interactions. Kalman is already a musical prodigy at the age of four but grows up to be trained as a lawyer -- apparently as a much more sensible career. Jurisprudence lost an attorney when Kalman turned exclusively to music, becoming successful and marrying his first wife, a talented actress. When she dies 20 years later, the composer remarries and is living in Vienna just as fascism is on the rise in Europe. Refusing to write for the Third Reich as Hitler requested, the Jewish Kalman emigrates to the U.S. with his wife. He died in Paris in 1953.
~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Peter Huszti, Ildiko Piros, (more)
- 1976
Ivan (Peter Huszti), the owner of a coal mine, must fend off buyout bids in the Viennese capital by a scheming financier, put out fires in the mine itself, and cope with his attraction for Evita (Szilvia Sunyovszky), one of the miner's daughters. Set in 1867, this story follows the owner through his adventures in one dramatic year. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Peter Huszti, Peter Haumann, (more)
- 1972
This bleak Hungarian comedy follows the adventures of two young men whose job of filling old fire extinguishers and inspecting fire equipment takes them all over the country. They try to liven things up for themselves, but are not able to do much. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
Childhood sweethearts are reunited in France after they are separated during the 1956 Russian invasion of Hungary. Jansci (Andras Balint) boards a train bound for Paris to see Kata (Judit Halasz), who fled during the conflict. He recalls his past during the trip as he remembers the dead and the people like Kata who were forced to leave. The two engage in a passionate love affair that joins them after many years and allows them to reckon with their past. They attend a party where more Hungarian expatriates discuss their recollections of the invasion. The two lovers are content to be reunited and heal the wounds of the past. They both end up married to other people but often visit each other in the years to follow in this triumphant story of survival and emotional healing. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Andras Balint, Judit Halasz, (more)
- 1969
This feature deals with the political upheaval that plagued Hungary during the 1920s. When an inept Army Captain is sent to quell a provincial rebellion, he is unaware that he is being phased out by the current power structure. Once the communist regime is in place, they no longer require his services. This political satire is taken from true stories of actual diaries that commented on the turbulent social changes of the times. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Nandor Tomanek, Istvan Iglodi, (more)
- 1968
An idealistic young poet does more talking than writing as he romances women and occasionally writes his poems. His life is directionless before he takes a job as a doctor's assistant. When a quarantine doubles the workload, the young poet finds new meaning and direction in his life by observing the dedicated physician's activities. Inspired by the doctor's work ethics, the young man has the desire to excel, and he vows to be a more productive member of society. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Peter Huszti
In The Father (Apa), Hungarian filmmaker Istvan Szabo invests a great deal of poetry and warmth in a story that, in lesser hands, might have become a wallow in bathos. After his father is killed in World War II, a young Hungarian boy named Tako concocts a fantasy image of the parent he never really knew. Convincing himself of his father's unstinting bravery, the boy grows into a man (Andras Balint) who hopes to emulate his dad's heroism. During the 1956 uprising, our hero falls in love with Jewish refugee Anni (Kati Solyom). Apprised of the horrors experienced by Anni's people during the Holocaust, Tako decides to find out whether or not his father was truly the noble warrior he's imagined him to be. It turns out that the father was neither wholly good nor wholly evil, just an average Hungarian hoping to make the best of a difficult world. At long last, Tako is able to divest himself of his father's shadow and become a man on his own terms. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Andras Balint, Miklos Gabor, (more)
