Movies: János Görbe

  • 1966
    The Martyrdom of St. John

    The Martyrdom of St. John (1966)

    The Martyrdom of St. John

    01966HD

    Story of a young teacher starting to work in rural Hungary...

    The Martyrdom of St. John
  • 1965
    Twenty Hours

    Twenty Hours (1965)

    Twenty Hours

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    A crusading newspaper reporter covers the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956. Initially critical of the communists, the feature later espouses the virtues of the social changes implemented since the invasion. The title refers to the period of time th...

    Twenty Hours
  • 1959
    Yesterday

    Yesterday (1959)

    Yesterday

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    October, 1956. Colonel lieutenant Szabó sends a platoon with the mission of calming the people demonstrating in the town. The platoon is lined up under the command of Lieutenant Csendes and the soldiers aim at the demonstrators. Szusza Kis changes si...

    Yesterday
  • 1941
    The Belated Letter

    The Belated Letter (1941)

    The Belated Letter

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    The outbreak of war ends the love of Mária and Endre. Mária is still expecting the return of Endre, father of Anna, her daughter, who was born while her father was away. The war is long over. A few decades elapse, and a letter is accidentally discove...

    The Belated Letter
  • 1954
    Fourteen Lives

    Fourteen Lives (1954)

    Fourteen Lives

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    September 1952 in a mine in Northern-Hungary after an explosion water breaks in from the neighbouring shaft and fourteen miners become trapped. The whole country unites to save them....

    Fourteen Lives
  • 1948
    The Soil Under Your Feet

    The Soil Under Your Feet (1948)

    The Soil Under Your Feet

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    In 1905 Hungary, a young village woman has just undergone a marriage to the spoiled son of a man to whom her father is indebted, in order that the debt be cancelled, only to be spirited away by her true love, a young peasant, by whom she soon bec...

    The Soil Under Your Feet
  • 1961
    A Girl Was Killed

    A Girl Was Killed (1961)

    A Girl Was Killed

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    During World War I, an ancient feud divides the industrial area in the county of Nógrád. The workers of the steal factory start a strike, but the miners do not support their cause. Sanyi from the steal factory and Ilonka from the mining community fal...

    A Girl Was Killed
  • 1967
    Red-Letter Days

    Red-Letter Days (1967)

    Red-Letter Days

    01967HD

    Mihály, a retired foundryman has brought up his sons in a very disciplined and strict way, and as a result they have become a doctor, an engineer, and a teacher. However, his half orphan grandson, Misi, has been spoilt, and become skilled in nothing ...

    Red-Letter Days
  • 1951
    Honour and Glory

    Honour and Glory (1951)

    Honour and Glory

    01951HD

    Lugosi works in the locomotive factory, earning little. He does not feel at ease in the world. One reason for his discontent is that his wife - a tractor factory worker - earns more than he does, and another is that she has even had her innovation ac...

    Honour and Glory
  • 1958
    Raid

    Raid (1958)

    Raid

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    1932, Budapest. Gere János, an unemployed worker searching for employment in the capital, is organised into the secret police after a raid. Summary justice is declared, and the police wants to find an illegal communist press at any price. Gere, wande...

    Raid
  • 1968
    Before God and Man

    Before God and Man (1968)

    Before God and Man

    01968HD

    Anika, the daughter of the Greek partisan refugee and the Hungarian medical student, Zoltán fall in passionate love. But Anika's mother wants her to marry a Greek, for she is very homesick and wants to go home. The under-age girl cannot protest....

    Before God and Man
  • 1951
    Liberated Land

    Liberated Land (1951)

    Liberated Land

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    Jóska has become a Communist in the Csillag prison in Szeged. In the meantime, Gábor successfully talks people in Jóska's native village out of joining the German-led Hungarian army....

    Liberated Land
  • 1955
    A Glass of Beer

    A Glass of Beer (1955)

    A Glass of Beer

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    Marci is drafted from a typical block building in the 6th district in Pest. He says good-bye to Juli living in the same house, with whom they are both very much fond of each other, but neither of them makes a confession. Juli works in a factory, and ...

    A Glass of Beer
  • 1969
    Mocorgó

    Mocorgó (1969)

    Mocorgó

    01969HD

    Mocorgó, the well-meaning worker boy, is a tough guy. In his 40s he is still a mechanic's apprentice, but he is disappointed by his family, women and friends, and becomes a criminal. He goes to prison several times and tells the story of his life to ...

    Mocorgó