Hungarian films on DVD

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Re: Hungarian films on DVD

#301 Post by L.A. » Sun Sep 10, 2017 4:40 pm

Valahol Európában / It Happened in Europe (1948) finally coming. Appears to be two discs this time, probably the reason for the price being 4741 Forints.

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#302 Post by skuhn8 » Fri Sep 15, 2017 6:40 pm

Kauno wrote:I'm in Budapest next week and I would like to visit stores that carry Hungarian films on DVD or Blu-ray. Are there still stores like that?

The last time I was there, in 2009, I found some great DVDs with English subtitles. A lot has happened since then and I can't even remember which side of the river I was on.
I'm too late for your trip....but in general try the Alexandria bookstores, particularly the one in Pest diagonally across from the Westend Mall (close to the Nyugati train station).

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#303 Post by L.A. » Thu Sep 28, 2017 12:32 pm

feketekino wrote:SZERELEM has also been restored in 4k and will probably be releases as a new DVD this year.
Looks promising.

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#305 Post by L.A. » Mon Dec 04, 2017 2:05 pm

Attila Dargay collection including Lúdas Matyi (1977), Vuk (1981), Szaffi (1985) and Az erdő kapitánya (1988). The fourth is a new addition to the set while the other three have been available for awhile.

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#306 Post by L.A. » Fri Jun 01, 2018 4:58 pm

Szerelem (Károly Makk, 1970) two-disc edition coming later this month.

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#307 Post by Calvin » Sat Jul 20, 2019 5:26 am

Arbelos have restored Marcell Jankovics' Son of the White Mare (Fehérlófia). The restoration will premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival next week, with a US Blu-Ray release to follow next year.

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#308 Post by Perkins Cobb » Sat Sep 07, 2019 5:45 am

Anybody have a recent recommendation on Hungarian etailers, in terms of reliability and shipping cost to the US? Bookline? Xpress? Haven't imported anything from Hungary in a while.

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#309 Post by MichaelB » Sat Sep 07, 2019 5:48 am

I used lira.hu for my last few orders, but I haven't ordered anything from Hungary in a good couple of years.

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#310 Post by vertovfan » Thu Mar 05, 2020 2:12 pm

István Szabó collection coming soon from Hungary's National Film Institute, including Father (1966), Confidence (1979), Mephisto (1981), Colonel Redl (1984), Hanussen (1988), and Taking Sides (2001).

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#311 Post by MichaelB » Thu Mar 05, 2020 5:23 pm

As with virtually all Hungarian releases, this appears to be DVD-only, so presumably not much of an advance on existing Hungarian discs, at least of the first three.

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#312 Post by TMDaines » Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:32 am

Still need to order the Zoltan Fabri sets.

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#313 Post by L.A. » Thu Jul 16, 2020 10:13 am

vertovfan wrote:
Thu Mar 05, 2020 2:12 pm
István Szabó collection coming soon from Hungary's National Film Institute, including Father (1966), Confidence (1979), Mephisto (1981), Colonel Redl (1984), Hanussen (1988), and Taking Sides (2001).
More information added.

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#314 Post by Calvin » Thu Jul 16, 2020 1:03 pm

Confidence, Mephisto and Colonel Redl have all been released on Blu-Ray by Kino in what look like mighty fine transfers

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#316 Post by L.A. » Wed Nov 04, 2020 7:16 pm

Start made on the restoration of György Kovásznai’s iconic animation film Bubble Bath

From the link this caught my attention:
The digitized, gift box DVD edition of Macskafogó (Cat City) directed by Béla Ternovszky will be available in shops this year and next year the gift box set of films by Marcell Jankovics will be published by the Film Archive.

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#317 Post by borisgodunov » Wed Nov 04, 2020 8:13 pm

Interesting, this version of Bubble Bath was uploaded on YouTube in May (incl. English subtitles!), and it already looks like a solid restoration.

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#318 Post by Calvin » Fri Nov 20, 2020 1:45 pm

The National Film Institute has launched a new subscription streaming service that seems to be only available in Hungary at the moment, but there are plans to make the films available with English subtitles. Appears to have all 120 films restored as part of the digitisation programme.

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#319 Post by MichaelB » Fri Nov 20, 2020 2:28 pm

I can confirm that registrations are locked to Hungarian residents at the moment. Or rather, you can register, but payment of the monthly fee of £2.21/€2.47/$2.93 (according to the current exchange rate; a total bargain for unrestricted access and unlimited viewings) requires you to have a payment card linked to a Hungarian address.

But I'll keep an eye out for updates.

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#320 Post by L.A. » Fri Apr 16, 2021 1:12 pm

Was checking how well Mari Törőcsik is represented on home video with English subtitles. Guess now is a good time to order the two-disc DVD of Károly Makk’s Love, hopefully it can be still found somewhere.

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#321 Post by swo17 » Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:07 am

Not sure where best to mention this, but I just learned that László Nemes (Son of Saul, Sunset) is the son of András Jeles (The Annunciation, A kis Valentinó). Kind of cool!

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#322 Post by yoloswegmaster » Wed Sep 01, 2021 9:36 am

I'm not sure where to post this but I was wondering if anyone here could answer a question I have regarding the runtime for Marton Keleti's 'The Corporal and the Others'. I've noticed that on Wikipedia, Letterboxd, and IMDb that the runtime is listed as being 111 minutes, but I have a WEB-DL that I believe is sourced from a restoration that has a runtime of 100 minutes. Does anyone know if the 111 minute runtime is an error or if the film was censored and those 11 minutes are now lost?

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Re: Hungarian films on DVD

#323 Post by Cinephile1 » Fri Sep 03, 2021 5:29 am

Perkins Cobb wrote:
Sat Sep 07, 2019 5:45 am
Anybody have a recent recommendation on Hungarian etailers, in terms of reliability and shipping cost to the US? Bookline? Xpress? Haven't imported anything from Hungary in a while.
If your question is still relevant, try either Bookline, or, Bible in My Language (a U.S.-based online business which sells only two sorts of products, biblical translations and DVDs of Hungarian films, most of whom manufactured in Hungary, with a very wide variety of both, what a strange and odd combination!), I have had great experience with both.

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#324 Post by Never Cursed » Mon Jan 03, 2022 9:10 pm

Out of curiosity, does anyone here know the correct runtime for Péter Gothár's Time Stands Still? Wikipedia, IMDB, and a few other sources all list different times, and I just want to make sure that the copy I have isn't missing anything

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#325 Post by MichaelB » Tue Jan 04, 2022 11:13 am

I'd be inclined to trust the Hungarian Film Archive over the guesswork of Wikipedia and the IMDB, and the running time of my MaNDA-sourced PAL DVD is 01:35:40 - which equates to 01:39:40 at theatrical speed.

Wikipedia's "96 minutes" is presumably the DVD rounded up without taking PAL speedup into account.

The IMDB gives 99 minutes for the US release, and 103 mins for the Hungarian release, but doesn't give a source for the latter. Given that a Hungarian DVD runs (effectively) 99 minutes, it's safe to assume that that's the definitive running time now, so if the IMDB is accurate (a pretty big "if" in my experience...) it may have been the case that the film was trimmed slightly after its world premiere. Or indeed that someone's applied wholly unnecessary PAL speedup calculations to the 99-minute figure, because that would indeed result in 103 minutes.

Annoyingly, the only contemporary Hungarian source that I have to hand - KinoKultura issue 1982-4 - doesn't give the running time, but I'd honestly be surprised if a release implicitly endorsed by the Hungarian Film Archive was anything other than what the director intended to be released.

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