Treasures from the European Film Archives

This section showcases the latest discoveries, restored films and rarely seen yet critically important works from European archives. We dive deep into this incredibly rich world, riding along with bikers from the 1920s in the Alps (Motorral a felhők felett – A Motorcycle Trip Among the Clouds), learning about counterfeiting from Orson Welles (F for Fake), being amazed by the animation commercials of George Pal and watching again the short films of Inforg. Let’s get exploring!

A Motorcycle Trip Among the Clouds

Mit dem Motorrad über die Wolken, black and white Austrian silent travel documentary, 1926, dir: Lothar Rübelt, German inserts, Subtitles: English, 46’ (26.09.17.30 French Institute)

A Quite Ordinary Life

Két elhatározás, black and white Hungarian portrait, 1976, dir: Imre Gyöngyössy, Barna Kabay, Language: Hungarian, Subtitles: English, 69' (24.09.16.00 Szent Ludwig Museum)
Animated short films by George Pal

12 Dutch animated short films, 1935–1940, dir: George Pal, Language: Dutch, Subtitles: English, 63' (26.09.18.30 Toldi Cinema Main Hall)

Ariane

Black and white German drama, 1931, dir: Paul Czinner, Language: German, Subtitles: English, 84’ (24.09.17.00 Toldi Cinema Main Hall)

Birth of Hungarian film – The Dance (1901)

The dramatic story of the first directed Hungarian film footage is told in this creative animation film.
Come and See

Igyi i szmotri, colour, Soviet drama, 1985, dir: Elem Klimov, Language: Russian, Belarusian, German, Subtitles: English, 146’ (21.09.19.45 Toldi Cinema Main Hall)
Ecstasy

Ekstase, black and white Czechoslovak-Austrian drama, 1933, dir: Gustav Machatý, Language: silent with Czech inserts, Subtitles: English, 82' (24.09.18.30 Uránia National Film Theatre)
F for Fake

French-American documentary, colour, 1973, dir: Orson Welles, Language: English, Subtitles: Hungarian, 89’ (26.09.11.00 Uránia National Film Theatre)
For Don Carlos

Pour Don Carlos, black and white, tinted French silent melodrama, 1921, dir: Musidora, Jacques Lasseyne, Language: French intertitles, Subtitles: Hungarian, 80’ (24.09.20.15 French Institute)
Géza Anda, Pianist – Conductor – Educator

Géza Anda, Pianist – Dirigent – Pädagoge, black and white Swiss documentary, 1966, dir: Richard Leacock, Rolf Liebermann, Language: German, Subtitles: Hungarian, 53’ (24.09.18.30 French Institute)
Hope and Myth – Imre Gyöngyössy Poet, Director 1-2.

Remény és mítosz – Imre Gyöngyössy Poet, Director 1-2. Hungarian documentary, colour, 2015, dir: Katalin Petényi, Barna Kabay, Language: Hungarian, English, Italian, Subtitles: English, 48' (24.09.16.00 Ludwig Museum)
Little Apocrypha – Selection of short films from Inforg Studio

Hungarian short films, Language: Hungarian, Subtitles: none, 97' (24.09.19.00 Toldi Cinema Small Hall)
Motion Pictures

Mozikép, Hungarian experimental film, colour, 1976, dir: János Tóth, Language: Hungarian, Subtitles: English, 12' (23.09.19.00 Toldi Small Hall)
Prisoner Number Seven

Rabmadár / Achtung – Kriminalpolizei!, black and white Hungarian silent melodrama, 1929, dir: Lázár Lajos, Sugár Pál, Intertitles: Hungarian, 106’ (24.09.19.30 Toldi Cinema Main Hall)

Assunta Spina

Assunta Spina, Italian silent drama, 1915, dir: Gustavo Serena, Francesca Bertini, Italian insert, Subtitles: Hungarian, English 67' (24.09.17.15 Toldi Cinema Small Hall)

Temptation

Tentazione, black and white Italian crime film, 1942, dir: Aldo Frosi, Hans Hinrich, Language: Italian, Subtitles: Hungarian, 82’ (26.09.14.30 Toldi Cinema Small Hall)

That Lovely Green Grass

Égigérő fű, colour, Hungarian family, 1979, dir: György Palásthy, Language: Hungarian, 82’ (25.09.11.00 Toldi Cinema Small Hall)
The Case of Barnabás Kos

Případ Barnabáš Kos, colour, Czechoslovak satire, 1965, dir: Peter Solan, Language: Slovak, Subtitles: English, 88’ (22.09.20.30 Toldi Cinema Small Hall)
The King of Paris

The King of Paris, French-English drama, colour, 1995, by Dominique Maillet, Language: French, Subtitles: Hungarian, 102' Introduction: Dominique Maillet, Veronika Varga (24.09. 16:30 French Institute)
The Man of Gold

Az aranyember, black and white Hungarian drama, 1918, dir: Alexander Korda, Language: none, Subtitles: Hungarian and English inserts, 93’ (21.09.19.00 Uránia National Film Theatre)
The Méliès Mystery

Le mystère Méliès, French biographical documentary, 2020, dir: Eric Lange, Language: French, English, Subtitles: Hungarian, 59’ (25.09.15.00 French Institute)
The Night Belongs to Us

Die Nacht gehört uns, black and white German melodrama, 1929, dir: Carl Froelich, Language: German, Subtitles: English, 110’ (25.09.20.00 Toldi Cinema Small Hall)

The Pier

La jetée, French experimental science fiction, colour, 1962, dir: Chris Marker, Language: French, German, Subtitles: Hungarian, 28’ (22.09.20.00 French Institute)
The Woman and the Puppet

La femme et le pantin, black and white French silent melodrama, 1929, dir: Jacques de Baroncelli, Language: French intertitles, Subtitles: Hungarian,English, 110’ (23.09.17.30 Uránia National Film Theatre)
Vuk

Vuk, colour, hungarian family film, 1981, dir: Attila Dargay, language: Hungarian (26.09.11.00 Toldi Cinema Small Hall), 76'
When the Cat Comes

Až přijde kocour, colour, Czechoslovak comedy, 1963, dir: Vojtech Jasný, Language: Czech, Subtitles: English, 91’ (22.09.16.30 Toldi Cinema Small Hall)
Who's Singing Over There?

Ko to tamo peva?, colour, Yugoslav tragicomedy, 1980, dir: Slobodan Sijan, Language: Serbo-Croatian, Subtitles: English, 84’ (25.09.18.00 Toldi Cinema Small Hall)