Pál Schiffer

Directing

Pál Schiffer

Born — Died

1939-06-14 — 2001-10-03

Place of birth

Budapest, Hungary

Known for

Directing

Credits

15 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Elektra Kft. avagy: bevezetés a kapitalizmus politikai gazdaságtanába poster
8.0

Six physical workers, once working for Videoton, decide to come together and create a company on their own.

Elektra Kft. avagy: bevezetés a kapitalizmus politikai gazdaságtanába

1996

Elektra Kft. avagy: bevezetés a kapitalizmus politikai gazdaságtanába poster
8.0

Six physical workers, once working for Videoton, decide to come together and create a company on their own.

Elektra Kft. avagy: bevezetés a kapitalizmus politikai gazdaságtanába

1996

No artwork available
7.0

János Kitka Jr, first seen in Schiffer's documentary 'Black Train' a decade earlier, is now 17 and is just released from a youth detention centre. He returns to his village and is put in the care of a probation officer. However, his family doesn't seem to help his situation, but rather makes him run away from home.

On Probation

1983

No artwork available
7.0

János Kitka Jr, first seen in Schiffer's documentary 'Black Train' a decade earlier, is now 17 and is just released from a youth detention centre. He returns to his village and is put in the care of a probation officer. However, his family doesn't seem to help his situation, but rather makes him run away from home.

On Probation

1983

Gyuri poster
6.3

The documentary-feature film taking place in the seventies is the "development novel" of Cséplő György, the intelligent and ambitious Gypsy boy. Having finished only two terms at school, the eighteen-year-old boy leaves Németfalu with two of his companions to find employment in Budapest and to break out of his miserable existence in the village cottage with the help of his small savings.

Gyuri

1978

Gyuri poster
6.3

The documentary-feature film taking place in the seventies is the "development novel" of Cséplő György, the intelligent and ambitious Gypsy boy. Having finished only two terms at school, the eighteen-year-old boy leaves Németfalu with two of his companions to find employment in Budapest and to break out of his miserable existence in the village cottage with the help of his small savings.

Gyuri

1978

By the Danube poster
6.0

The residents of Dunapataj discuss the major historical events of the 20th century and talk about how history has affected their local lives.

By the Danube

1988

Színes kavicsok poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Színes kavicsok

1961

Faluszéli házak poster
NR

A film about the romani people of the village Szendrő in Borsod County.

Faluszéli házak

1972

Black Train poster
9.5

This shocking black and white documentary shows the lives of Szabolcs county (Northeast Hungary) commuters who traveled 200-300 kilometers from their villages to Budapest (the capital of Hungary) every week by train in the communist era.

Black Train

1970

Fractions I-III. poster
NR

The film shows the transition period in Hungary during the early 90s. It starts with the mass redundancies in the Videoton factory in Székesfehérvár in 1989 and through the next several years follows the ups and downs of several of the sacked workers, their struggle to find new jobs and make a living during the economic crisis. Some of them are more successful than others.

Fractions I-III.

1998

What Do Gypsy Children Do? poster
NR

Pál Schiffer's film reports on the injustices of the education system of the 1970s, the lies of the Kádár system, and the everyday life of Roma children.

What Do Gypsy Children Do?

1974

A Hungarian Cowboy poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A Hungarian Cowboy

1987

The Videoton Story poster
NR

Pál Schiffer's classic documentary about the closing of the Videoton factory as it falls prey to unfortunate economic transitions.

The Videoton Story

1993

No artwork available
NR

After the name of a recent lottery winner is announced in the newspaper, hundreds of letters are sent to him, asking to borrow or receive some of the money.

Levelek az öttalálatoshoz

1971