János Tóth

Camera

János Tóth

Born — Died

1930-05-01 — 2019-08-29

Place of birth

Tolna, Hungary

Known for

Camera

Credits

13 titles

Known for

Cat's Play poster
4.5

Karoly Makk's heartbreaking story of two unmarried sisters who cast wistful glances back at their lives, but still believe in hope and love, earned an Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1974. In this follow-up to the director's internationally acclaimed Love, Makk once again exhibits his extraordinary skills at drawing emotionally compelling performances from his talented female leads. Makk's film opposes the bleakness of the outside world with passion, love, and loyalty.

Cat's Play

1974

Sinbad poster
6.9

Based on the stories of Hungarian writer Gyula Krúdy, this film is a lush and sensuous depiction of the life, loves and memories of serial seducer Szindbád. As the protagonist looks back on his life, past and present, imagination and reality flow inseparably into one another.

Sinbad

1971

Vásár poster
NR

A young female interpreter meets her former great love, who now lives abroad and is married, yet she is completely convinced that there is still a chance for a fresh start.

Vásár

1985

Capriccio poster
6.6

Shreds and fragments of film poetry that make its own place on the edge of a document film. The film is a college of dialogue between nature, abandoned country, and human fancy.

Capriccio

1970

A kinematográfus poster
NR

In memory of Janos Toth. The ciematographer on title is no other than János Tóth, who is still the role model and reference point for all Hungarian cinematographers. He has proven his unique talent in all cinematographic genres. In his unmissable features, shorts and documentary films, he set an example to his peers with his tight compositions and his art of light. His experimental cinematographic films, shot with the optics he developed, were far ahead of their time. Our portrait film explores the oeuvre of this exceptional cinematographic artist.

A kinematográfus

2022

Study I. poster
NR

The candle as light, photography using light, refraction, motion picture, that is, the film poem-like recollection of the magical world of cinematography.

Study I.

1974

Film credits

Behind the camera

Cat's Play poster
4.5

Karoly Makk's heartbreaking story of two unmarried sisters who cast wistful glances back at their lives, but still believe in hope and love, earned an Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1974. In this follow-up to the director's internationally acclaimed Love, Makk once again exhibits his extraordinary skills at drawing emotionally compelling performances from his talented female leads. Makk's film opposes the bleakness of the outside world with passion, love, and loyalty.

Cat's Play

1974

Sinbad poster
6.9

Based on the stories of Hungarian writer Gyula Krúdy, this film is a lush and sensuous depiction of the life, loves and memories of serial seducer Szindbád. As the protagonist looks back on his life, past and present, imagination and reality flow inseparably into one another.

Sinbad

1971

Capriccio poster
6.6

Shreds and fragments of film poetry that make its own place on the edge of a document film. The film is a college of dialogue between nature, abandoned country, and human fancy.

Capriccio

1970

Study I. poster
NR

The candle as light, photography using light, refraction, motion picture, that is, the film poem-like recollection of the magical world of cinematography.

Study I.

1974

No artwork available
NR

Poézis is, via the sculptures of a simple woodcarver, a cultural imprint of the life of the peasantry.

Poetry

1972

No artwork available
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Still Life

1963

Arena poster
NR

Aréna is nothing less than an attempt at spatial-temporal filming. It is an associative, avant-garde universe, the entire universe of the world, culture, edited into images of the masses participating in a match and then dispersing, in one- to four-frame flashes with music by Péter Eötvös.

Arena

1970

Study II. poster
NR

The extreme forms of light experiments conducted with candles in the intersection of early cinema and avant-garde experiments. The film image is the unforgettable, self-reflective stratification of abstract studies.

Study II.

1975

Shine poster
NR

Ragyogás is a polyphonic series of studies on film and light; it creates and reshapes cinema’s mythical world and language.

Shine

1980

Eternal Movie poster
NR

This audio-visual universe peppered with Laozi quotations and made in Balázs Béla Studio represents the culmination of artistic self-expression of János Tóth. It is a self-selected auteur anthology of four of his experimental films.

Eternal Movie

1982

Motion Picture poster
10.0

Effects of refractional experiments put in the language of the film.

Motion Picture

1976