Sándor Horváth

Acting

Sándor Horváth

Born — Died

1932-02-16 — 2012-12-17

Place of birth

Pered, Slovakia

Known for

Acting

Credits

22 titles

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 3 titles

1970s · 11 titles

Green Walnut poster
NR

The TV film based on the novel by Boris Palotai is the story of a teenage girl's coming of age.

Green Walnut

1976

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

The Fifth Seal poster
7.9

In 1944 Budapest, a watchmaker, a book seller and a carpenter are drinking in a bar with the owner, when they are joined by a stranger. The watchmaker poses a hypothetical that will change their lives forever.

The Fifth Seal

1976

Nobody's Daughter poster
6.3

An orphan girl suffers abuse from her adoptive parents.

Nobody's Daughter

1976

Judgement poster
5.2

The film is a historic parable about the topicality of revolution. 1514. The peasants' uprising is over, Dózsa has been arrested. Werbőczy tries to get the imprisoned peasant leader deny the revolution and offers him the lives of his people in exchange.

Judgement

1970

The Stud Farm poster
6.2

In 1950, when a young communist director arrives to take charge of a stud farm near the Hungarian borders, his efforts to draw on the experience of the old hands there meet with little success. Janit Busó is not accepted by the farm workers, who were exiled here and branded as class enemies. Busó tries to gain authority, which is not easy among these proud, resentful people who are skilled in their profession. In his difficult situation, the dubious support he receives from the party does more harm than good.

The Stud Farm

1978

Wait a Sec! poster
9.0

This film shows us around a factory in the seventies in Hungary. In the outskirts factory of Kőbánya workers celebrate the foundation members and want to present the oldest member, Uncle Benda, now a pensioner, with a golden ring. His grandson, Karcsi Merkovics, an industrial apprentice, is in love with the foreman's daughter.

Wait a Sec!

1973

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

141 Minutes from the Unfinished Sentence poster
5.5

In 1930s Hungary, budding aristocrat Lőrinc Parcen Nagy undergoes a moral awakening. He abandons his privileged life to join the socialist underground, facing the harsh realities of class struggle and the approach of WWII.

141 Minutes from the Unfinished Sentence

1975

When Time Began poster
8.0

The film takes place at the end of 1946. Rumours are spread that the food supply will not arrive for it has been robbed. Workers of the metal factory go on strike.

When Time Began

1975

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7.0

The story of the film with a touch of journalistic atmosphere takes place in the autumn 1919 after the fall of the proletarian dictatorship. The main figure is Zilahy Kálmán, a high-school teacher, very much attracted to Ady's ideology. He is, at the same time, a rational minded sober character keeping a certain distance from the chaotic events. During the first months of the terror of the Whites, he takes a stand for his persecuted colleague, and with his wife's help, he hides Pálos, a Communist commissar in his flat.

Fallow Land

1973

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