Menschen von Budapest

Menschen von Budapest (1960)

Drama

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

Casts

	Otto Tausig as Béla
	Hans-Joachim Martens as Deske
	Armin Mueller-Stahl as Laszlo
	Maly Delschaft as
	Marion van de Kamp as
	Wilfried Ortmann as
	Horst Schön as
	Hans-Joachim Hanisch as
	Edwin Marian as
	Gisela Rimpler as
	Marianne Wünscher as
	Günther Ballier as
	Harry Hindemith as
	Joachim Konrad as
	Horst Lommatzsch as
	Erich Brauer as

Crew