Menschen von Budapest (1960)
In spring 1957 Budapest, former lovers Sándor and Mónika reunite after 16 years at a street‐corner café. Their conversation flashes back to 1941, when Hungary joined WWII under Horthy and eight fresh teacher‐graduates, including Sándor and Mónika, vowed lifelong solidarity. War and shifting politics fracture their bond and force each to choose a path through turbulent decades. The drama echoes the 1956 uprising: participants seeking reform are branded “counter‐revolutionaries,” denounced by steadfast communists like László, who scorns defectors such as Béla for “dishonouring socialism and the people.”
Director: Fritz Wisten
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Otto Tausig as Béla |
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Hans-Joachim Martens as Deske |
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Armin Mueller-Stahl as Laszlo |
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Maly Delschaft as |
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Marion van de Kamp as |
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Wilfried Ortmann as |
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Horst Schön as |
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Hans-Joachim Hanisch as |
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Edwin Marian as |
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Gisela Rimpler as |
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Marianne Wünscher as |
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Günther Ballier as |
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Harry Hindemith as |
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Joachim Konrad as |
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Horst Lommatzsch as |
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Erich Brauer as |
| Directing | Fritz Wisten | Director |
| Writing | Mesterházi Lajos | Writer |