László Csurka

Acting

László Csurka

Born 1936-01-21 · Budapest, Hungary

Acting credits

The Conquest poster
4.4

Filmed in commemoration of Hungary's 1100th anniversary and on the sites of the actual events, a cast of thousands authentically recreates the 896 AD arrival of the Magyar chief Arpad (Nero) and his seven tribes into the Carpathian basin from the steppes.

The Conquest

1996

Sparrows Are Birds Too poster
6.2

A comedy about two twin brothers - Sándor, who emigrated and became a rich man, and Zoltán, who stayed in Hungary and lives the life of an average working-class man. When Sándor visits his twin brother, they are constantly mistaken for each other, and when Zoltán sees how differently people treat Sándor because of his money and his foreign citizenship, he begins to like being mistaken for him - until he realizes that this means he will lose his girlfriend Szöszi...

Sparrows Are Birds Too

1968

Rasputin poster
6.6

Into an era seething with war and revolution, a man comes with an incredible power to heal a nation...or destroy it. Based on the true story of one of the most powerful and mysterious figures in Russian history.

Rasputin

1996

Bábel tornya poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Bábel tornya

1982

Májusi fagy poster
NR

The movie tells about the relationship between young people who love each other. Young Mishka's family works on a construction site in Budapest, and on weekends they come home to their village on the Great Plain to relax and have fun. It is here that the young man meets Klari. He learns that Klari is his fellow villager, although she also works in Budapest. They arrange to meet the following weekend. Mishka is truly in love. Clarie is too, but she doesn't dare to admit to him that she has been unfaithful.

Májusi fagy

1962

Red Psalm poster
6.3

Set in the 1890s on the Hungarian plains, a group of farm workers go on strike in which they face harsh reprisals and the reality of revolt, oppression, morality and violence.

Red Psalm

1972

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Mi újság Pesten?

1969

Mattie the Goose-Boy poster
7.2

A young peasant boy stands up to tyranny, aided by his trusting friend - a goose.

Mattie the Goose-Boy

1977

My Way Home poster
7.1

In the aftermath of World War II, a Hungarian teenager, captured by Soviet troops, forms an unlikely bond with a Russian soldier in a remote prison camp.

My Way Home

1965

Season of Monsters poster
5.5

Zoltai is a Hungarian professor who returns home after a visit to the United States. Following a television interview, he commits suicide and leaves a note for his longtime friend Dr. Bardocz. The doctor and Zoltai's colleague Komindi join the police in investigating what drove the man to suicide.

Season of Monsters

1987

The Round-Up poster
7.2

After the failure of the Kossuth's revolution of 1848, people suspected of supporting the revolution are sent to prison camps. Years later, partisans led by outlaw Sándor Rózsa still run rampant. Although the authorities do not know the identities of the partisans, they round up suspects and try to root them out by any means necessary.

The Round-Up

1966

No artwork available
NR

The TV drama follows the life of Bishop Gellért. The Venetian-born abbot came to Hungary and soon found himself in the inner circles of the royal court, becoming tutor to the young Prince Imre. Gellert was elevated to the episcopate by St Stephen in 1030. He had a cathedral and monastery built in Csanád. After the death of the king, he tried to preserve the spiritual values of the Hungarians. In 1046, he was captured by rebellious pagans and thrown into the Danube from the Kelen hill.

Szent Gellért legendája

1994

Seven Tons of Dollar poster
9.0

Luciano, the clown of a circus, can predict who will win in the snooker. His mathematical algorithm seems to be working in every gamble provided that the gamma factor is present. This latter is a woman in the bed. He uses his special skill for his country therefore he, as a secret weapon, is moved to the west with three support staff. The goal of their task is to plunder Western Europe. The plan works and Bondoros, the city he came from became a metropolis. Does it look like a dream?

Seven Tons of Dollar

1973

Captive Ráby poster
10.0

Joseph II, the enlightened Austro-Hungarian emperor, entrusts his loyal and confidential subject, Ráby Mátyás, formerly a treasurer, to examine the abuses made by the magistrates of Szentendre and Izbég. Following his old friend, Dacsó Marci's directions, Ráby reveals horrible robberies, tax evasions, frauds, and other illegal acts having been committed against the people.

Captive Ráby

1964

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

Aranyborjú poster
NR

In modern Hungary, con artist Bender Oszkár and his motley crew - Barangó and a band of small-time schemers - embark on a series of outrageous scams to track down an “illegal” millionaire and seize ten million for themselves. As they exploit every trick in the book - fake charities, crooked roulette tables, forged documents - their madcap pursuit of easy riches exposes the absurdities and corruptions of contemporary life, with Bender’s fate hanging on whether his “great maneuver” will pay off or blow up in his face.

Aranyborjú

1974

Kaputt poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kaputt

1974

Prince Walnut poster
NR

Animated adaptation of the tale by Ferenc Móra in which the old king, on the advice of his long-serving shepherd, arranges an archery competition to decide which of his three sons will inherit the crown. The competitors have to hit the centre of a copper penny on which there is the image of the old king.

Prince Walnut

1963