Márta Mészáros Filmes

Anthology film made as an act of protest against Hungarian government of Viktor Orban.

Fanny lives in the forest with her meteorologist mother. One day on her way across the forest to visit her grandmother and great grandmother, she has...

A candid portrait of the women working at the Lőrinc spinning mill. As with so many of Mészáros’ shorts, this work has...

Barbara is a forty-year-old woman of Polish origin living in Budapest. She is a biologist, a wife and a mother. The death of her woman friend opens...

The Aurora Borealis is a story of family that is rich in twists and turns. It breaks the depths of the relationship between mother and daughter. A...

An expressionist biography of Edith Stein, who converted from the Jewish faith to the Catholic one and became a Carmelite sister. She would die in a...

Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz directed this insightful TV documentary (2005) tracing the Polish filmmaker's career. Former classmates reminisce about...

Documentary about film director Marta Meszaros featuring on-set interviews with the director and creative collaborators

Hungarian documentary that commemorates the life and work of director and artist László Mészáros through archival footage...

Péter, a literary critic, is tasked by the secret police to persuade Social Democratic politician, Anna Kéthly, who has been living in...

A story of a mother who had to change her profession from a teacher to a high class prostitute to make a living.

The lifelong friendship of Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich.

Young Petőfi Zoltán the son of the great Hungarian poet, Petőfi Sándor, feels as though he were a stranger in the house of...

Savanyú and his friend work at a plant. After the monotonous shifts they engage in the pleasures of the afternoon and the night, i.e. parties...

What if democracy fails citizens by not serving them all equally? What if inequality becomes the norm and the most vulnerable citizens are left...

One of the doyennes of Hungarian film deals with a dark period of national history: the Soviet regime in Hungary. She portrays it through the fate of...

Anna is a stylist in Budapest. One day at a restaurant, she thinks she recognizes Marie Aubier, a 22-year-old French girl, her own daughter.

The film's protagonists are the orphaned children taken into custody by the state and institutionalized at Children's House no. 6 from Bucharest. For...

A Polish guest and Finnish engineer both fall for the same mysterious woman.

Short movie by Marta Meszaros