The Lord's Lantern in Budapest
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Miklós Jancsó
Zoltán Mucsi
Peter Scherer
Miklós Jancsó
Gyula Hernadi
Emese Vasvari
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Synopsis
Five different stories are connected by two recurring characters: gravediggers Kapa and Pepe. In one story, the director and screenwriter are characters. Killed by assassins, their ashes are then mixed up by the antic gravediggers. In another, a rich man persuades a poor one not to kill himself, and ends up committing suicide himself, while in a third, characters in a country mansion meditate on Hungarian history, revolution and violence.
Director
Miklós Jancsó
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Hungary's official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1999).
Winner of the Gene Moscowitz Award at the 1999 Hungarian Film Week.
Released in United States January 28, 2000
Released in United States Winter January 28, 2000
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Forum) February 10-21, 1999.
Shown at Hungarian Film Week in Budapest February 4-9, 1999.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival August 27 - September 6, 1999.
Shown in New York City (Anthology Film Archives) as part of program "Thessaloniki USA" April 14-21, 2000.
35mm
color
subtitled English
rtg MPAA NONE
dialigue Hungarian
Released in United States January 28, 2000 (Music Hall; Los Angeles)
Released in United States Winter January 28, 2000
