Lajos Kovács

Lajos Kovács

Born: February 9, 1944
in Bátaszék, Hungary

Movies for Lajos Kovács...

Semmelweis
Title: Semmelweis
Character: Franz Meyer
Released: November 30, 2023
Type: Movie
Set in 19th century Vienna, Ignac Semmelweis, a short-tempered but passionate doctor, delivers babies and carries out autopsies on a daily basis while looking for the cause of puerperal fever, the mysterious epidemic that decimates patients in the hospital.
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Magasmentés
Title: Magasmentés
Released: November 16, 2023
Type: Movie
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Hadik
Title: Hadik
Character: Kecskeméthy ezredes
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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Pulzaar
Title: Pulzaar
Character: Janika
Released: March 17, 2023
Type: Movie
Csótány, the 30-year-old rocker, works as a locksmith's assistant. He lives with his aunt, who accepted him in her apartment in Pest, but Csótány can no longer contribute to the rent. His two biggest passions in life: his favorite Norwegian metal band, Pulzaar, and his secret love, Évike from the bakery downstairs. When he sees the poster that his beloved band is coming to Budapest, he is struck by lightning, which sets off a whole chain of events. Will he finally manage to get to the concert and gather all his courage to invite Éviké as well?
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Ravine
Title: Ravine
Character: Colonel
Released: September 9, 2021
Type: Movie
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 the son he abandoned 17 years ago.
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Final Report
Title: Final Report
Released: February 27, 2020
Type: Movie
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 is the start of his ordeal: he's confronted with raw reality, which finally brings him to his knees. But music has the last word.
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Katapult
Title: Katapult
Character: Nagypapa
Released: November 2, 2019
Type: Movie
During the fall of the Soviet Union a young Hungarian boy falls in love with an American girl, when she comes for a short visit to her parent's old town in Hungary. In order to see her again, the 13 year-old boy decides to create a special machine that could transport him to the USA.
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Wildboar Hunting
Title: Wildboar Hunting
Character: idős Bethlen
Released: May 18, 2018
Type: Movie
November 1664. The autumnal peace of the Kursanec forest is suddenly shattered by the noise of a hunting party. The leader of the hunters is Miklós Zrínyi, one of the most powerful men in the country. Neither he nor the members of the merry party can imagine how the day will end. The film presents a tragic event in Hungarian history, which is still not fully understood and which will later affect the fate of the whole country. Hunting accident or assassination? There are many theories and explanations, rumours and anecdotes about the events of this autumn day. Is it plausible that the life of a renowned general, an excellent hunter and a respected poet should come to such a fatal end? Who was he whose terrible fate was facilitated even by such potentates as Louis XIV, the Sun King?
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Donkey Xote
Title: Donkey Xote
Character: Iván
Released: May 16, 2016
Type: Movie
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The Curse of The Black Mummy
Title: The Curse of The Black Mummy
Character: Szőrmester
Released: September 19, 2015
Type: Movie
Inside a literary cafe, novelists convene to trade ideas, imagine stories and dream of greatness. Inspired by the works of Hungarian writer Jenő Rejtő.
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Argo 2
Title: Argo 2
Character: Tibi Balog
Released: April 30, 2015
Type: Movie
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Dumapárbaj
Title: Dumapárbaj
Released: January 15, 2015
Type: Movie
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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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Thorn Castle
Title: Thorn Castle
Character: Matula
Released: October 4, 2012
Type: Movie
Tutajos is an excellent student whose parents decide to reward his academic achievements with a vacation to the countryside. Robbed of his gadgets and easy city-lifestyle, Tutajos finds himself completely out of his element – until a goodhearted ranger named Matula teaches him how to get back to nature. As Tutajos’ best friend Bütyök joins him on his vacation, the two boys learn the joys of camping, hunting, and living off of the land.
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The Door
Title: The Door
Character: Handyman
Released: March 8, 2012
Type: Movie
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 disclose details of her traumatizing past, which will bond the two women forever. Based on the novel by Magda Szabó.
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The Turin Horse
Title: The Turin Horse
Character: Bernhard (voice)
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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Adventurers
Title: Adventurers
Character: Jakab
Released: January 24, 2008
Type: Movie
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Before Dawn
Title: Before Dawn
Released: January 30, 2007
Type: Movie
Before Dawn has a single shot which is several minutes in length. Technically this is immaculate, visually it is stunning. The story is set in a field; where the field is we don't know, but a lone truck drives up into the field and stops. A horn beeps and from beneath the long grass thirty of so people appear and proceed to enter the truck. We take it they hiding from something and this is their doorway. The truck leaves, but only to be greeted by a mass of police and even a helicopter blocking their path.
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Budakeszi srácok
Title: Budakeszi srácok
Character: Récsey Dezsõ
Released: November 2, 2006
Type: Movie
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Paths of Light
Title: Paths of Light
Character: Doma
Released: February 6, 2005
Type: Movie
Two stories running in parallel: In one, a model is surrounded by men wanting to use and abuse her though, without realizing it, she is protected by a strange tramp guardian angel. In the other, a blind goldsmith struggles to produce his latest commission in the midst of his alcoholism and depression. Both then descend further and further into their own personal hells until they finally re-find peace with themselves and then their stories briefly merge.
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Csudafilm
Title: Csudafilm
Character: Mérnök úr
Released: January 27, 2005
Type: Movie
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Argo
Title: Argo
Character: Tibi Balog
Released: September 16, 2004
Type: Movie
The crew of Tibi Balogh sets out on a journey across Hungary to get the ancient Gold Owl statue, as well as the Milk Man. The treasure is worth millions, who gets there first?
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Kontroll
Title: Kontroll
Character: Béla
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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Bro'
Title: Bro'
Character: Pacsni
Released: May 26, 2003
Type: Movie
Romantic hungarian comedy.
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Rinaldó
Title: Rinaldó
Character: Garincsa
Released: February 27, 2003
Type: Movie
The Hungarian version of the "The Seven Samurai" and "The Magnificent Seven".
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Cloud Above the River Ganges
Title: Cloud Above the River Ganges
Character: szomszéd
Released: September 26, 2002
Type: Movie
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A Bizarre Romance - Rural Decameron
Title: A Bizarre Romance - Rural Decameron
Released: May 30, 2002
Type: Movie
Living on the farms of Homoktanya, Józsi spends his time drinking and stealing valuables from others until he finds true love in the form of a blow-up doll.
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Love Till Last Blood
Title: Love Till Last Blood
Character: Lajos bá'
Released: March 21, 2002
Type: Movie
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Abandoned
Title: Abandoned
Character: Józsi bá
Released: August 28, 2001
Type: Movie
Áron is a happy child in his family. But at some point things take a different turn, and his mother starts to lose her health rapidly. As this happens, the man in charge decides what's best for Áron without consulting the young boy's opinion, and the boy finds himself thrown out of his warm home into an orphanage in the woods. He's utterly displeased by what's happening, without knowing he has yet to face much worse...
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Sunshine
Title: Sunshine
Character: MP in Camp
Released: September 13, 1999
Type: Movie
The story of a Jewish family living in Hungary—through three generations—rising from humble beginnings to positions of wealth and power in the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire. The patriarch becomes a prominent judge but is torn when his government sanctions anti-Jewish persecutions. His son converts to Christianity to advance his career as a champion fencer and Olympic hero, but is caught up in the Holocaust. Finally, the grandson, after surviving war, revolution, loss and betrayal, realizes that his ultimate allegiance must be to himself and his heritage.
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One Winter Behind God's Back
Title: One Winter Behind God's Back
Released: August 23, 1998
Type: Movie
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 courier’s being killed in an accident. The children find the scattered film containers, and along with the old reels left in their place they play the films they have seen so often before.
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Radiohead | °7 Television Commercials
Title: Radiohead | °7 Television Commercials
Character: Chased Man ("Karma Police")
Released: May 4, 1998
Type: Movie
7 Television Commercials is a collection of music videos from English alternative rock band Radiohead, covering the period from their The Bends (1995) and OK Computer (1997).
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The Witman Boys
Title: The Witman Boys
Character: Dénes Witman
Released: March 21, 1997
Type: Movie
Turn-of-the-century Hungary. Two young brothers, neglected by their cold and uncaring mother, descend deeper and deeper into psychosis, with tragic consequences.
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School of Senses
Title: School of Senses
Character: Naxos
Released: January 7, 1996
Type: Movie
Hungarian erotic thriller based on the novel Erzekek Iskolaja. Lily, a young gypsy girl, falls madly in love with a dashing salesman who introduces her to life's pleasures. When Lili discovers he is engaged to another, her life begins to spiral downward.
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Fetus
Title: Fetus
Character: Anna's husband
Released: November 10, 1994
Type: Movie
This drama follows the dilemma of a young, unwillingly pregnant wife who gives her child up for adoption by a businesswoman. Anna doesn't need another mouth to feed. She can barely afford to care for the two she already has so when she discovers that she is six weeks pregnant she readily accepts the cash offer from Terez, her tough boss at the store where she works. If she will isolate herself throughout the pregnancy, secretly bear the child and immediately allow Terez to sign for it, Anna will receive $50,000. Most of the story then focuses upon Anna's emotional processes as she evaluates her choice. Included are dream segments and shots an unborn baby in the womb.
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Woyzeck
Title: Woyzeck
Character: Woyzeck
Released: February 7, 1994
Type: Movie
Lajos Kovács (WINGS OF DESIRE) stars as the misused Woyzeck, who ekes out a miserable existence sweeping train tracks, running errands for a bullying army captain and acting as a human guinea pig for a local doctor with ideas about free will. When his common-law wife begins an affair with a local cop, Woyzeck's pocket Bible and near-starvation diet point him on a downward spiral of twisted redemption.
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Faraway, So Close!
Title: Faraway, So Close!
Character: Lali
Released: September 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Damiel is now married to Marion, runs the pizzeria “Da Angelo” and the two have a child. The solitarily remaining angel Cassiel is more and more dissatisfied with his destiny as a mere observer of human life and finally decides to take the great leap. As Karl Engel he soon gets into a dubious milieu and finds himself as the assistant of the German American Baker, who makes his money with shady arms deals and sends films east in exchange for weapons. Cassiel’s adventure turns into a “thriller” when he decides to put a stop to Baker’s game.
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The Great Post Office Robbery
Title: The Great Post Office Robbery
Character: Fest / Otilde
Released: December 11, 1992
Type: Movie
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 before the official opening, pocketing the revenue themselves. The inhabitants of the estate do not understand the trick, and loads of money pour to the swindlers.
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Shadow on the Snow
Title: Shadow on the Snow
Released: March 31, 1992
Type: Movie
A man who leads a lonely existence with his young daughter accidentally gets involved with a robbery before a manhunt ensues.
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Erosion
Title: Erosion
Released: September 6, 1990
Type: Movie
The film constructs a strongly conventionalised and symbolic world out of the diary fragments of a man who underwent an alcohol detoxification treatment. The protagonist of this unusual family story, Petunia Joe, lives in a house with his mother and grandfather. One day, he suddenly turns adult. Out in LIFE, he takes his first steps in the Factory. Meaningless work is performed and barren relationships are formed among the rusted walls.
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Shooting Gallery
Title: Shooting Gallery
Character: Father
Released: April 26, 1990
Type: Movie
Three people live together without having anything to do with each other. The macho father used to have a shooting gallery which he had to sell. Yet secretly, he keeps on dreaming about it.
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The Pregnant Papa
Title: The Pregnant Papa
Character: Rendőr
Released: August 3, 1989
Type: Movie
In the small village of Rátót, every male is called Béla. When a woman gives birth to her child, she names him Józsi...
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Wild
Title: Wild
Released: October 19, 1988
Type: Movie
1859. Exploiting the Austrian-French-Italian conflict, Kossuth sends Batiszy Kristóf back from the emigration to organize the Hungarian Legion. Batiszy's company gets into trouble, Austrians are waiting for them, Hungarian authorities chase them, people stand still. Demolition of the troop is the task of Görgényi László chief district administrator, who used to be an officer in the revolution once.
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Banana Skin Waltz
Title: Banana Skin Waltz
Character: Nyomozó
Released: February 19, 1987
Type: Movie
A typist girl who is under the influence of nervous breakdown walks out to the street stark naked from the office she works in. A young physician goes by accidentally and tries to help her, spreading his coat over her nude body. From this moment his life changes completely.
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The Fall
Title: The Fall
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
On a single day the fate of three couples are joined and some of them sealed.
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Love Till First Blood
Title: Love Till First Blood
Character: Lajos bá'
Released: March 16, 1986
Type: Movie
Füge is studying at a high-school. He rarely visits his divorced parents. He establishes a successful music group with his friends. He falls in love with his class-mate, Ágota.
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Maria's Day
Title: Maria's Day
Character: Petõfi István
Released: March 26, 1984
Type: Movie
The Hungarian Maria's Day is set in that most fateful of years, 1848. The incredible changes and reverses in European politics and culture exert a potent influence on one aristocratic Hungarian family. Losing virtually everything in the way of creature comforts, the family tries to keep up appearances. Eventually every member of the clan falls victim to illness, syphilis and their own headstrong foolishness. The parallels drawn by director Judith Elek between the dissipation of 19th century Hungarian aristocracy and the corruption of Communist ideology in modern times are inescapable.