András Lányi Movies

Thirty years, three eras: they have been trying to save the Hungarian film industry again and again over the decades. Among these attempts were highs, lows, countless deals and compromises. And now some say that we are living in the saddest period of Hungarian filmmaking.

An adaptation of a famous 19th century Magyar novel, "The New Landlord"

Eighteen years after the failure of the revolution and freedom fighting 1848-49, the politicians of Hungary preparing for a compromise with Austria try to make use of the symbol of the revolution, the figure of the poet Petőfi Sándor, to their own advantage. They visit all the memorial sites,...

A chronicle of the establishment of the Aliance of Young Democrats. The film follows young politicians (Viktor Orbán, Gábor Fodor, László Kövér, Péter Molnár, József Szájer, Tamás Deutsch), the founders of the new, independent political organization.

This self-ironic film of a humane intellectual attitude starts with Péter spying upon an undressing couple behind the window. But he is watched himself, for suddenly he gets an offer from a private detective office to shadow the woman.