

Satantango(1994)
Overview
Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.
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Mihály Víg
Irimiás

Putyi Horváth
Petrina

Székely B. Miklós
Futaki
Erika Bók
Estike
László feLugossy
Schmidt

Alfréd Járai
Halics

János Derzsi
Kráner
Irén Szajki
Kránerné

Éva Almássy Albert
Schmidtné
Erzsébet Gaál
Halicsné

Peter Berling
Orvos

György Barkó
Iskolaigazgató
Zoltán Kamondi
Kocsmáros

Barna Mihók
Kerekes

Péter Dobai
Százados
András Bodnár
Horgos Sanyi
Ica Bojár
Horgosné
István Juhász
Kelemen

Ferenc Kállai
Orvos (voice)

Gyula Pauer

Mihály Kormos
Ernő Mihályi
András Fekete
Andor Simai
Katalin Krizsánné Kovács
Vilmosné Pataki
Mária Borbély
Kati Makrányi
Zsuzsa Fodor
Beatrix Jeszensky
Rita Deák Varga

Frigyes Hollósi

Ágnes Kamondy
Kína Vetõ
Mia Santamaria
József Kresinka

Mihály Ráday
Narrator (voice)
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