A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
September 27, 1973
Original Title:
Tűzoltó utca 25.
Genres:
Drama | History | Romance
Production Companies:
Budapest Filmstúdió
Hungarofilm
Production Countries:
Hungary
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 97
On one hot summer night, the residents of a Hungarian apartment house slated for demolition restlessly revisit their haunted pasts as they face an uncertain future. In a gently turning kaleidoscope of dream imagery, regret-laden nostalgia and painstakingly intimate detail, the looming wrecking ball pales in significance to the accumulated experiences each dreamer revisits. Pre-war prejudice, occupying Nazis and Stalinist deprivations all come and go as each tenant’s backward glance yields moments of aching sensuality, infectious exuberance and catastrophic loss.
Assistant Director:
Tamás Almási
Costume Design:
Erzsébet Mialkovszky
Director:
István Szabó
Director of Photography:
Sándor Sára
Editor:
János Rózsa
Original Music Composer:
Zdenkó Tamássy
Production Design:
József Romvári
Production Manager:
Tibor Dimény
Set Decoration:
Lászlóné Csala
Writer:
Luca Karall
István Szabó
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