Lajos Kovács Movies

Set in 19th century Vienna, Ignac Semmelweis, a short-tempered but passionate doctor, delivers babies and carries out autopsies on a daily basis...

Hungarian erotic thriller based on the novel Erzekek Iskolaja. Lily, a young gypsy girl, falls madly in love with a dashing salesman who introduces...

Turn-of-the-century Hungary. Two young brothers, neglected by their cold and uncaring mother, descend deeper and deeper into psychosis, with tragic...

The film constructs a strongly conventionalised and symbolic world out of the diary fragments of a man who underwent an alcohol detoxification...

Felix, a high rescue specialist, brings down suiciders from bridges in a city in crisis. His son, who secretly makes videos of dangerous rescues and...

Emerenc, an elderly and private woman, is hired to be the housekeeper of a struggling writer, Magda. An event in the writer's life prompts Emerenc to...

From the fire in the school twelve years ago, Uncle Eu' rescued seven kids, among them his own daughter, Anita, who became mute. Uncle Eu' was taken...

A documentary about the making of The Turin Horse, the last film directed by Hungarian master Béla Tarr.

A cardiologist is sent into retirement, but he feels at loss without his work. He returns to his home village to work as a general practitioner. This...

András and Juli meet at a desperate moment in their lives, when they have both made a difficult decision, the consequences of which they...

In 1866, the Szendrey family gathers for the name-day of Júlia’s sister, Mária, but the event dissolves into bitter grievances...

A man's story parallels Hitler's rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr. Emil Bettleheim. Bettleheim...

Two marriages, two generations, two crises, two solutions...

The heroes of this crime-comedy attempt to get hold of money by a funny trick. They start operating the new post-office of the housing estate a week...

Tibi and his small‐time crook crew haven’t grown wiser in ten years and are hired by a shadowy Japanese syndicate to steal a priceless...

In the year of change in Eastern Europe, in a remote village, the regular movie show, scheduled once a week, terminates due to the motor...

The story revolves around Balint, a Hungarian obstetrician and soon-to-be father, who returns to his native village in north-eastern Romania to face...

Hungary, 1950s. Istvánka is a sensitive little boy, longing for a role model and friendship, whose father died in the war before he was born....