János Derzsi

János Derzsi

Born: April 20, 1954
in Nyírábrány, Hungary

Movies for János Derzsi...

Hadik
Title: Hadik
Character: Mihály
Released: March 19, 2023
Type: Movie
During the Seven Years War, Austrian Queen Maria Theresa sends her best general, András Hadik and his Hussars to raid Berlin and humiliate the Prussian King, Frederick the Great.
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Az Út Végén
Title: Az Út Végén
Released: March 11, 2022
Type: Movie
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Magyar lapát
Title: Magyar lapát
Character: Self
Released: March 9, 2020
Type: Movie
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The Darkest Hour
Title: The Darkest Hour
Character: Man
Released: October 20, 2018
Type: Movie
A writer in self-exile is haunted by the memory of his long-lost love. Mysterious events and an unexpected visitor are about to offer him a chance to relieve his pain. Based on the famous poem of Edgar Allan Poe: The Raven.
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A sommelier
Title: A sommelier
Released: March 20, 2018
Type: Movie
Abel Nagy works as a sommelier in the restaurant. He recommends and pairs wine with the food ordered. This time guests put him to the test.
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Indian
Title: Indian
Character: Caretaker
Released: March 30, 2016
Type: Movie
Dreaming about the Wild West in the 1970s in Eastern Europe is not enough...
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White God
Title: White God
Character: Homeless man
Released: June 12, 2014
Type: Movie
Failing in his desperate efforts to find his beloved owner, an abandoned dog eventually joins a canine revolt leading a revolution against their human abusers.
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Tarr Béla: I Used to Be a Filmmaker
Title: Tarr Béla: I Used to Be a Filmmaker
Character: Himself
Released: April 15, 2014
Type: Movie
A documentary about the making of The Turin Horse, the last film directed by Hungarian master Béla Tarr.
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Dear Betrayed Friends
Title: Dear Betrayed Friends
Character: János
Released: September 13, 2012
Type: Movie
Andor Czettl, in his early sixties, visits the secret service archives one day to read into the reports about himself and discovers a shocking fact. His very best friend János Pásztor was an informer, spying on him and writing reports about him for decades. Sára Cserhalmi's first feature focuses not so much on the actual problem of informing and betrayal as on the contradictory relationship of the two protagonists. It avoids any final judgments. First and foremost, it seeks answers to questions like how an informer can live in our present times and how the one being reported on can cope with this state. Can a close friendship that began decades ago last if such betrayal comes to light? How can someone live and cope with this fact?
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The Turin Horse
Title: The Turin Horse
Character: Ohlsdorfer
Released: March 31, 2011
Type: Movie
A monumental windstorm and an abused horse's refusal to work or eat signal the beginning of the end for a poor farmer and his daughter.
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Keleti Pu.
Title: Keleti Pu.
Released: May 19, 2010
Type: Movie
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Koccanás
Title: Koccanás
Character: Hajléktalan
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Feature film
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Father's Acre
Title: Father's Acre
Character: Father
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Love makes a bad relationship between father and son all the more rancorous in this drama from Hungarian director Viktor Oszkar Nagy. A convict (Janos Derzsi) returns home after a long stretch in prison to a less than enthusiastic welcome; his son (Tamas Ravasz), now in his late teens, was left to fend for himself and tend the family farm on his own after his dad went away, and the youngster blames his father for his mother's untimely death. The father wants to mend his relationship with his son, but the young man makes no secret of his contempt for his dad, and only grudgingly allows him back on the farm.
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Tabló
Title: Tabló
Released: September 18, 2008
Type: Movie
Karcsi, a Roma policeman, lives with Eva, a Swede. One day he is called to the scene of the murder of a wealthy trafficker named Schulter. He begins to investigate the crime, interrogate neighbours and suspects, and untangle a complex situation - one that he, himself, complicates even further. For he is a gypsy, who despite being adopted and raised by "regular" Hungarians, has his nose rubbed in his minority status every day. The film, which is based on the novel by Ákos Kertész, is a shrewd genre work full of dusky humour and surreal situations. Tabló follows a vivid succession of strange images that eventually lead to the emergence of the central story about a charismatic police officer on a tireless quest for the truth, though he must fight against virtually everyone and is just as fallible as the next person. Tabló makes a statement on the issue of race and racism - or, indeed, relations between any minority and majority.
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Dolina
Title: Dolina
Character: Vidra
Released: October 25, 2007
Type: Movie
Gabriel Ventuza lives the peaceful life of a herbalist, growing and cultivating medical herbs in Italy. One day he receives an order from his older brother who is just out of prison for one day. Gabriel should go to the remote little town of Bogdanski Dolina in Far-Eastern Europe, the place of their childhood and take out the mortal remains of their father, the late people smuggler, the famous Victor Ventuza. Gabriel leaves his "eventless" life behind and goes to accomplish his mission. He is robbed on the way, his belongings, passport, money and even his clothes are stolen and finds himself in a small closed town surrounded by hills of stinking toxic waste, where strange priests rule and fear keeps people quiet, producing a general atmosphere of insecurity.
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Hourglass
Title: Hourglass
Released: October 2, 2007
Type: Movie
A story of a Jewish-Hungarian-Serbian family. The plot is centered about trying of an adult son to reconstruct his childhood dream of and memories. Looms, but a sunken world, the central European town with its figures, the way to experiencing deep and see a sensitive boy, his father, who by their fears that penetrate to the bone and the final humiliation of acting madness escapes and becomes a lonely, pathetic buffoon in the drama of life.
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The Man from London
Title: The Man from London
Character: Brown
Released: May 23, 2007
Type: Movie
A switchman at a seaside railway witnesses a murder but does not report it after he finds a suitcase full of money at the scene of the crime.
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The Sun Street Boys
Title: The Sun Street Boys
Character: Juli apja
Released: February 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Some of the most symbolic moments of the 1956 Revolution in Hungary were the tooth-and-nail battles fought by the so-called 'Pest Lads' who dared to defy odds by taking on the panzers of one of the world's superpowers. The story begins on October 23rd, 1956 and ends on November 4th of the same year. Juli is Totya's girlfriend but also loves Gábor. Their love triangle will have to endure the trials and tribulations of these stirring times. A group of boys living in the outskirts of the capital are playing football in abandoned lot when Juli, a ticket inspector, brings news of protests breaking out in the city. Only Gábor accompanies her into town and together they become part of this historical event. At dawn, when the boys too come under fire from Soviet forces, they decide to join in the fight.
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Hunting for Englishmen
Title: Hunting for Englishmen
Character: Count Falussy
Released: November 30, 2006
Type: Movie
1839. The discontented noblemen assemble at the country estate of count Gábor Falussy, on the pretext of a boar hunt. Also an English engineer arrives for the sake of constructing the railway line leading up to the count’s quarry.
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Hasutasok
Title: Hasutasok
Character: Sándor Tüdő
Released: March 8, 2006
Type: Movie
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Csudafilm
Title: Csudafilm
Character: Hozsó
Released: January 27, 2005
Type: Movie
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Kontroll
Title: Kontroll
Character: Last Passenger
Released: November 20, 2003
Type: Movie
A tale about a strange young man, Bulcsú, and the fellow ticket inspectors on his team who work aboard the subterranean Budapest Metro. A tale about racing along the tracks, and about a mysterious serial killer. And a tale about love.
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A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda
Title: A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda
Character: Taxisofőr
Released: November 13, 2003
Type: Movie
Iván is living in exile from Hungary when he receives word that an old flame is ill. His return to Budapest rekindles old memories and reopens old wounds.
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The Bridgeman
Title: The Bridgeman
Released: April 10, 2002
Type: Movie
This epic story takes place between 1820 and 1860 during the Habsburg Monarchy, and portrays the life one of the greatest Hungarian aristocrats - Count Széchenyi - who was born with extra-ordinary mental and spiritual talents. In the years following the fall of Napoleon the young count Széchenyi irresponsibly seduces his brother's wife, and the consequent scandal ruins his career as an army officer. After the sudden death of his humiliated lover Count Széchenyi drastically changes his character from that of a shallow young man into a responsible nobleman seeking to conquer his fate by creating great achievements in his remaining life.
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Temptations
Title: Temptations
Character: Szkárosi Tibor
Released: February 11, 2002
Type: Movie
Directed, written, and co-produced by Zoltan Kamondi), Kisertesek ("Temptations") illustrates the struggle between ancient traditions and the modern world of restless young Marci (Marcell Miklos), a fatherless young man who is considered somewhat of an outcast within the community.
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Smouldering Cigarette
Title: Smouldering Cigarette
Released: August 14, 2001
Type: Movie
1942. Owing to a stolen mink coat, Süti, the young poet and journalist, gets acquainted with Katalin, the idolated singer. Before being drafted to labour service, he shows the actress the song he composed for her, entitled Smouldering Cigarette.
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Werckmeister Harmonies
Title: Werckmeister Harmonies
Character: Man In The Broad-Cloth Coat
Released: February 1, 2001
Type: Movie
A mysterious circus excites a small Hungarian town into a rebellion when a promised act doesn't perform.
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Glamour
Title: Glamour
Released: October 19, 2000
Type: Movie
The tumultuous history of Hungary through the twentieth century is viewed through the saga of the Hungarian-Jewish, furniture-manufacturing family, the Vendels. After taking over the once successful, but now failing, family business in the 1930s, the family patriarch's dashing elder son decides that the family needs an infusion of new blood. A matchmaker presents him with a photo of a pretty German nursery school teacher. When the two meet, they instantly fall in love, but because Hungary has an alliance with Germany, and the Third Reich prohibits marriage between Gentiles and Jews, the couple must hide their union. Their marriage ultimately stands as a dark foreshadowing of rougher times to come as troubles ensue with the advent of World War II, when the family, its employees and servants must retreat to the basement, where the shop emerges increasingly as a refuge in a world growing more violent and less tolerant.
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Passion
Title: Passion
Character: A férfi
Released: October 22, 1998
Type: Movie
A woman and her lover plot to kill her older husband.
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Kisses and Scratches
Title: Kisses and Scratches
Released: September 21, 1995
Type: Movie
The story of a quirky love affair between Angi, an independent, no-nonsense social worker from a working-class district of Budapest and, Ildikó, a young mother who recently separated from her husband.
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Satantango
Title: Satantango
Character: Kráner
Released: February 8, 1994
Type: Movie
Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.
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Utrius
Title: Utrius
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Pál Utrius is twenty three years old and in love with his sister.
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The Rapture of Deceit
Title: The Rapture of Deceit
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Hungary after the changes. Jutka loses her job and even her marriage is ruined, since her husband gets involved with the daughter of an influential businessman. Jutka moves in with a female friend, Dóra likewise has to face a difficult choice.
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The Last Summer
Title: The Last Summer
Released: October 4, 1991
Type: Movie
Imre Horváth and his friends gather to celebrate his wife's birthday. They are confused because of the changes in the country's politics and want Horváth to be much more active politically, but he is more concerned about his affair with his best friend's daughter.
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God Walks Backwards
Title: God Walks Backwards
Released: March 18, 1991
Type: Movie
From the film-shooting in the Buda Castle Marci and his friend go to a well-paying job. The scene is a big castle in the middle of a huge park. They enjoy the company of the Kid and the beautiful naked French girl, Nathalie. Their job is to watch the monitors on which they can see the Moscow coup détat. By the time Gorbachev is executed the Communist and the Nationalists have taken turns in occupying the castle and the park.
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Twilight
Title: Twilight
Character: K.
Released: September 28, 1990
Type: Movie
In the dense and murky woodlands of provincial Hungary, the search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession enshrouded by irresolution and despair, even long after he has been taken off the case. What emerges is not a crime story, but a harrowing venture through the darkness of the human soul.
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Fast and Loose
Title: Fast and Loose
Character: Attila
Released: June 14, 1990
Type: Movie
Margó and Ildi are good friends. Margó lives with her simple, conservative parents, her fiancé is a roadie, her lover has been in prison for two years. Ildi was a pupil of a reformatory school, she buried an Araba husband already and her Rumanian partner is living in Paris. She lives together with a Yugoslavian man in a rented flat. Both are models at the Scholl for Fine Arts, attend an evening school and earn their money by selling their bodies. The lover of Margó, Attila is suddenly released. Margó and Ildi want to get rid of him, but Attila does not let them do that...
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Meteo
Title: Meteo
Character: menekülő ember
Released: February 22, 1990
Type: Movie
Eckermann (Laszlo Kistamas) is a listless computer whiz who spends most of his time lounging in a bathtub holding imaginary conversations with cartoon characters usually more popular with children than grownups. He has some friends who want to use his skills to steal some money from a local gambling joint. He works out a scheme for his friends and returns to his tub. At some point along the way, he is joined in the water by a lovely Czech refugee, who (perhaps inadvertently) makes it possible for him to die there.
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Laurin
Title: Laurin
Character: Arne
Released: November 30, 1989
Type: Movie
In a small port town at the end of the 19th century children are disappearing. A mysterious man in black who stalks the town may be Death itself. And nine-year-old Laurin is suffering terrifying dreams and hallucinations of a man carrying a sack and frightened children calling for help from behind closed windows.
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A Fond Farewell to the Prince
Title: A Fond Farewell to the Prince
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
1629, Transylvania: Reigning prince Bethlen Gábor has Don Diego, the Spanish chronicle knight be brought to his court in order to make him record his life and deeds for posterity.
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Wall Driller
Title: Wall Driller
Released: February 13, 1986
Type: Movie
The sad tale of a proletarian malcontent ensconced in a monstrously depressing housing project who—even less effectually than the heroes of Bald-Dog Rock—attempts to change his life. Purchasing a power drill and slinging it across his shoulder like the anti-hero of a spaghetti western, he turns entrepreneur, boring holes in his neighbors’ walls so that they can hang mirrors or pictures.
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Tolerance
Title: Tolerance
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
The unskilled, jack-of-all-trades András and his wife, Éva are put in jail for serial work-place thefts, -committed in order to try to ensure a normal living standard for his family - and for aggravated assault committed for self-defence, respectively. Their two small children are put in state care, then given to foster parents. András, still in prison, commits everything to help the released Éva get hold of an apartment and get their children back so that when he will have served his term the family could be together again.
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Blind Endeavour
Title: Blind Endeavour
Character: Factory manager
Released: November 30, 1985
Type: Movie
Blind luck ties the fate of two people together.
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Autumn Almanac
Title: Autumn Almanac
Character: János, Hédi fia
Released: August 15, 1984
Type: Movie
In this dense setting, the inhabitants of a large, claustrophobic apartment reveal their darkest secrets, fears, obsessions and hostilities.
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Heavenly Hosts
Title: Heavenly Hosts
Character: Lieutenant Radovics
Released: February 23, 1984
Type: Movie
When hunting, Zrínyi Miklós finds an Angel with a broken wing. He takes him for a heavenly message and carries him to his castle for cure. Lords and priests come to Zrínyi's court, one after the other, to see Angel. The occasion is appropriate for the ban to win them over to his plan: they should unite their forces to fight for the country's independence.
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Dog's Night Song
Title: Dog's Night Song
Character: A katonatiszt
Released: November 4, 1983
Type: Movie
A priest arrives in a village and give advice and comfort to different people. He meets a wheelchair-bound former representative of the Communist party, a woman who is dying of tuberculosis and an astronomer who sings in a punk band.
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Macbeth
Title: Macbeth
Released: March 16, 1982
Type: Movie
In this powerful film, the renowned William Shakespeare play is stripped down to the bare essentials, consisting of two lengthy shots.
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Heart Tremors
Title: Heart Tremors
Released: June 6, 1981
Type: Movie
The general practitioner Balla and his wife abandoning her higher education begin their common life in the small mountain village in the hope of quick enrichment and return to the capital. Despite Éva and Emma, the two school mistresses longing for love and Demeter, the dove-keeper obsessed with a desire for flight life is boring in the country.
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Narcissus and Psyche
Title: Narcissus and Psyche
Character: Zoltán Lovászi
Released: December 22, 1980
Type: Movie
Narcisus and Psyche is based on a novel by Sandor Weores which was adapted by Vilmos Csaplar and director Gabor Body for a feature-length film. Borrowing the character of Psyche from mythology and placing her in Europe in the 19th century, the authors give her a "modern" life. She is an attractive young woman - and remains so throughout the film, in spite of one hardship after another. Psyche is libidinous, and her prurient interests shock her staid contemporaries.
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A Priceless Day
Title: A Priceless Day
Character: Gábor, Irén férje
Released: December 6, 1979
Type: Movie
Irén and Attila, a not-so-young couple, are in love. All they want is a flat of their own where they could live together. Unfortunately, Hungary in the 70s is no place for dreams.
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Wrong-doers
Title: Wrong-doers
Character: Gelencsér Jóska
Released: August 2, 1979
Type: Movie
The second in command of a group of highwaymen, the only ones left of Hungary's freedom fighters in the late 17th century, has a wife who really, really wants him to come home and stop gallivanting around the countryside. The only way he can figure to do this is to inform on the group to the authorities in as harmless a manner as possible. Unfortunately, these betrayals cause the group to lose many men, and the traitor grows fearful of the authorities. He gives officials every scrap of information he has in return for a full pardon, and he returns home. His wife, when she hears of these events, is infuriated. Such betrayal is far in excess of anything she can condone, and she kills him. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
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Halo of Stars
Title: Halo of Stars
Character: Valentin
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Set against the backdrop of a small traveling circus, a European clown and his 5-year-old daughter lead each other through the everyday mysteries of love, magic and loss. Based on the long poem “The Clown” by Anthony Lucero.