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Satantango
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Title: Satantango

Release Date: 8 Feb 1994

Runtime: 7h 12m

Genre: Drama

Director: Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion (VVF), Vega Film, Mozgókép Innovációs Társulás és Alapítvány, Magyar Televízió, TSR

Production Companies: Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion (VVF), Vega Film, Mozgókép Innovációs Társulás és Alapítvány, Magyar Televízió, TSR

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 8.142 (264 votes)

Cast

  • Irimiás: Mihály Víg
  • Petrina: Putyi Horváth
  • Futaki: Székely B. Miklós
  • Estike: Erika Bók
  • Schmidt: László feLugossy
  • Halics: Alfréd Járai
  • Kráner: János Derzsi
  • Kránerné: Irén Szajki
  • Schmidtné: Éva Almássy Albert
  • Halicsné: Erzsébet Gaál
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