Péter Benkő

Acting

Péter Benkő

Acting credits

Temperate Zone poster
9.0

Kalán Imre, the district doctor lives in a small village surrounded by mountains. One day he is visited by two young relatives of his and their friend, a doctor at the beginning of his career. The name of the doctor is Király András, and he happens to be the great love of Kalán's young wife from her unmarried years. The orthodox Stalinist Kalán's entire life is filled with his great passion, hunting. The suffocating, narrow lives of the prominent people in the area are slowly revealed to András.

Temperate Zone

1970

A Strange Marriage Part 3 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Strange Marriage Part 3

1984

A Strange Marriage Part 1 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Strange Marriage Part 1

1984

The Aga's Testament poster
7.4

In 1585 the Turks and Vallons are looting the Látrány region.

The Aga's Testament

1967

A Strange Marriage Part 2 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Strange Marriage Part 2

1984

A Strange Marriage Part 4 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Strange Marriage Part 4

1984

Allegro Barbaro poster
6.9

Zsadányi flees from the authorities with his goddaughter, Bankós Mari, and they escape into the forest. The film then skips ahead thirty-fold years: Zsadány and Mari are now lovers, with the sound of war in the background halting their romance. The old friends of Zsadányi have joined with the Nazis, and the landowner living with his peasants in a socialist community grows distant from them. Zsadányi is held responsible for political problems in the country, and will pay with his life.

Allegro Barbaro

1979

Palkó Csinom poster
7.5

The musical adventure film goes back to the early eighteenth century, the times of the battles between the Hungarian insurrectionists and the pro-Austrians. Palkó and Jankó are about to join the insurrectionist army when they clash with a pro-Austrian troop. Jankó is captured and put in Count Koháry's prison.

Palkó Csinom

1973

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Csupajóvár

1980

Innocent Assassins poster
8.0

Two arts students, András and Viktor who are writing their thesis on detective stories, make up a story and keep nagging the famous film-director, who just came back from Hollywood, until he undertakes the job. At night they work on the film, in which two youths kill a director returning from the US. In the morning the director is found dead - a knife in his back.

Innocent Assassins

1973

Hungarian Rhapsody poster
6.2

The movie portrays a peasant revolt in Hungary in the early twentieth century.

Hungarian Rhapsody

1979

The Pagan Madonna poster
7.1

The unique statue of the ancient fertility goddess Demeter, known as the "Pagan Madonna" is stolen from the museum, located in a small town on Lake Balaton. At the same time seriously wounded a servant of the museum. The abduction of the museum's priceless statues of pure gold is investigated by the then young and inexperienced investigator Kardos and lieutenant "Droplet".

The Pagan Madonna

1981

The Last Circle poster
9.0

Mrs, Venczel cheats on her husband, 25 years older than herself, with her stepson. Venczel, driver of the Margitsziget bus cannot control his anger and leaving his route, after a crazy pursuit, before his passengers' very eyes, beats up the cyclist zigzagging in front of him. He is put to passive service. Roaming the streets of Budapest he meets the cyclist. They become friends.

The Last Circle

1968

No artwork available
NR

Three short stories around the number 12. A postman, a taxi driver and a photo developer connected to 12 on different ways.

12 is a dozen

1974

The Black City poster
NR

Feature film version of the 1971 series. On the eve of the 18th century, County Vicecomes Görgey Pál broods alone in his manor while the town of Leutschau celebrates New Year’s with lead‐casting omens and a disastrous hunt that sparks a bitter feud. As Görgey fights for his honor and life, and the townspeople defend their Saxon privileges, their mutual blind ambition prevents them from seeing the rising light of Rákóczi’s coming rebellion.

The Black City

1972

Fekete macska poster
9.0

As the unforgettable Auntie Zsófi, the unforgettable Dajka Margit lives with naive simplicity and wisdom in her secluded little villa. Everyone is in a hurry around her, but she puts the cottage cheese dumplings or the casserole in her oven every day with a healthy spirit. He sells his peach orchard for good money to help his daughter. Lawyer and Bunko, two petty criminals, get wind of the money, but they don't count on the ingenuity of the fair old woman and her fearsome flatmate, the black cat.

Fekete macska

1972

Run to be Caught poster
5.0

Dangerous spies act as representatives of an international recording company to get important plans from the father of an aspiring composer.

Run to be Caught

1972

A holtak nem beszélnek poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A holtak nem beszélnek

1980