Satantango

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Synopsis

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.

Key crew

• Béla TarrDirector, Screenplay
• László KrasznahorkaiScreenplay
• Mihály VígOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Mihály VígIrimiás
• Putyi HorváthPetrina
• Székely B. MiklósFutaki
• Erika BókEstike
• László feLugossySchmidt
• Alfréd JáraiHalics
• János DerzsiKráner
• Irén SzajkiKránerné
• Éva Almássy AlbertSchmidtné
• Erzsébet GaálHalicsné
• Peter BerlingOrvos
• György BarkóIskolaigazgató