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The Lord's Lantern in Budapest

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Original title

Nekem lámpást adott kezembe az Úr Pesten

Year

1999

Running time

103 min.

Country

Hungary

Director

Miklós Jancsó

Screenwriter

Ferenc Grunwalsky, Gyula Hernádi, Miklós Jancsó

Cast

Music

György Ferenczi

Cinematography

Ferenc Grunwalsky

Producer

3J+1 Bt, Kreatív Média Mûhely

Genre

Drama. Comedy

Synopsis

Five different stories are connected by two recurring characters: gravediggers Kapa and Pepe. In one story, the director and screenwriter are characters. Killed by assassins, their ashes are then mixed up by the antic gravediggers. In another, a rich man persuades a poor one not to kill himself, and ends up committing suicide himself, while in a third, characters in a country mansion meditate on Hungarian history, revolution and violence.

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The Lord's Lantern in Budapest

1999

Miklós Jancsó