Péter Rudolf Movies

A man finds himself wandering the back roads of Transylvania with his son and his father in this offbeat comedy. Geza (Peter Rudolf) is a musician who had just added another name to his list of ex-wives when his spouse tells him that they're though, forcing him to take up residence in his car. Geza has a son in his twenties, Andris (Milan Schruff), who becomes his traveling companion when he has to take an unexpected trip to Transylvania after getting an urgent call from his father Istvan (Peter Haumann). Geza learns that his elderly mother (Judit Pogany) has begun slipping into senile dementia, and Istvan no longer has the nerve to be around her; while Geza thinks his dad should stick by his wife, Andris has other ideas, and soon the three men hit the road together. With Geza homeless, Istvan running away from his better half and Andris afraid to confront his live-in girlfriend after gambling away her money, three generations of the same family set out on a road trip with no particular destination, no fixed schedule and a very low budget. Kalandorok (aka Adventurers) was the first feature film from director Bela Paczolay, who earned the prize for best debuting filmmaker at the 2008 Hungarian Film Week. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Written and directed by Czech filmmaker Péter Bacsó, Hamvadó Cigarettavég is a romantic musical set in Budapest against the backdrop of war. Eszter Nagy-Kálózy stars as renowned lounge singer Katalin. In need of some new songs, Katalin meets Süti, a down-on-his-luck Jewish songwriter played by Péter Rudolf. At the same time, Katalin rekindles a relationship with an army general. Together, the three form a lasting bond that becomes one of their few assetts as the Nazis approach. The title, Hamvadó Cigarettavég, translates to Smouldering Cigarette. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide

Eva is the wife of Tamas, and they have a very young child. As this romantic drama opens, they are celebrating the child's birthday. That same day, he meets an attractive woman through a friend of his grandmother. He has a tumultuous affair with her, which eventually drives Eva and her child to split with him entirely and move to Australia. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Two short comic films with related themes are brought together under the title Tanmesek A Szexrol. In many parts of Europe, people buy the legal right to occupy apartments for the duration of their lifetimes, and must make a hefty down payment in order to do so. As most apartments are rented this way, it can be very difficult for people to move around, and it is especially difficult for young people just starting out to find a place to live. In the first story, an impoverished Budapest schoolteacher and her boyfriend cannot raise enough money to buy into an apartment together. When an accidental sexual encounter in which she is mistaken for a prostitute leads to her earning a quite large amount of cash, she takes to the streets on weekends, hoping to earn enough to buy into that dreamed-of apartment. In the second story, a betrothed couple who do not yet have an apartment cannot find anyplace to make love, and resort to some extraordinary and desperate strategies in order to be together. They get so accustomed to these efforts, that apartment living is quite a let-down for them. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Originally titled Job Lazadasa, the German-Hungarian The Revolt of Job is set in Nazi-occupied Eastern Hungary in 1943. Like his Biblical namesake, the elderly Job (Ferenc Zenthe) has had his strength and patience sorely tested. None of the children borne by Job's wife Roza (Hedi Temesay) have survived to adulthood. In a last-ditch effort to preserve his name, Job unofficially adopts a 7-year-old boy (Gabor Fehrer). It takes a while for the boy and his new "parents" to get used to each other, but eventually a strong, solid bond is formed. But while the bond cannot be broken spiritually, it can be severed physically: Job and his wife are Jewish, thus it is only a matter of time before the Nazis cart them off to death camps. Just before bidding farewell to his foster son, Job advises the boy to keep his faith alive by searching for the true Messiah. Director Imre Gyongyossy deftly tells his tale from a child's-eye point of view--even when dealing in the frankest of sexual matters. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Gruber (Peter Rudolf) is a normal 16-year-old growing up in Budapest in 1962, but he has a problem -- how does he get to know the opposite sex? At the Sunday afternoon dance classes the young "ladies and gentlemen" hold each other while dancing, and that makes the lessons worth something. Otherwise, the pianist's attention wanders and the orchestra does not exactly play with a single-minded dedication. In fact, everybody seems to have other things on their minds, except for the enthusiastic dance instructor and his ever-smiling assistant. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide