Direction: Károly Makk

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Károly Makk. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Love

1971 · Movie · 88 min. · Hungary

Direction Károly Makk

Cast Lili Darvas · Mari Töröcsik · Iván Darvas · Erzsi Orsolya

Plot The wife of a political prisoner tends to her mother-in-law and keeps from the old woman the truth about her son, whom she believes is in New York making a...

6.7

95 votes

6.7

95 votes

Another Way

1982 · Movie · 102 min. · Hungary

Direction Károly Makk · János Xantus

Cast Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieslak · Grazyna Szapolowska · Josef Kroner · Péter Andorai

Plot Political and sexual repression in Hungary, just after the revolution of 1956. In 1958, the body of Eva Szalanczky, a political journalist, is discovered near the border. Her friend Livia...

6.0

56 votes

6.0

56 votes

Catsplay

1972 · Movie · 115 min. · Hungary

Direction Károly Makk

Cast Margit Dajka · Ildikó Piros · Elma Bulla · Éva Dombrádi

Plot 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...

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Playing for Keeps

1984 · Movie · 90 min. · Hungary

Direction Károly Makk

Cast Christopher Plummer · Elke Sommer · Maggie Smith · Adolph Green

Plot Broadway star Fitzroy Wynn is thrilled when his wife Lily writes a new script with a brilliant lead role. While ego-centric Fitz thinks himself perfect for the role, Lily dashes...

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Let's Love One Another...

1996 · Movie · 94 min. · Hungary

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The Gambler

1997 · Movie · 97 min. · Netherlands

Direction Károly Makk

Cast Michael Gambon · Jodhi May · Polly Walker · Dominic West

Plot Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky must write a novel in 27 days in a deal to pay off his gambling debts, and feverishly dictates the novel 'The Gambler'.

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Liliomfi

1955 · Movie · 109 min. · Hungary

Direction Károly Makk

Cast Iván Darvas · Marianne Krencsey · Margit Dajka · Samu Balázs

Plot Mariska and Liliomfi fall in love without suspecting that Mariska's foster father, Professor Szilvay, is also Liliomfi's uncle. Soon the couple must contend with the professor's plan to make Liliomfi...

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A Very Moral Night

1977 · Movie · 110 min. · Hungary

Direction Károly Makk

Cast Margit Makay · Irén Psota · Carla Romanelli · Georgiana Tarjan

Plot Jenő Kelepei is a poor but happy student. The madam of a brothel and her boarders took her under their protection. When his old mother arrives in town, these, to...

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Deadly Game

1982 · Movie · 87 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Károly Makk

Cast Helmut Berger · Mel Ferrer · Barbara Sukowa · Karin Baal

Plot A hunting party arrives at a lodge in the Tatra mountains in Slovakia, where one woman in the party had "accidentally" shot and killed her first husband some time ago.

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The House Under the Rocks

1958 · Movie · 92 min. · Hungary

Direction Károly Makk · György Hintsch

Cast János Görbe · Irén Psota · Margit Bara · József Bihari

Plot Janos Gorbe plays a soldier, sick of heart and mind, who returns to his home after a long and debilitating war. He finds that his wife is dead, and his...

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Hungarian Requiem

1990 · Movie · 98 min. · Hungary

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A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda

2003 · Movie · 90 min. · Hungary

Direction Károly Makk

Cast Mari Töröcsik · Iván Darvas · Eszter Nagy-Kálózy · Dezsö Garas

Plot Iván is living in exile from Hungary when he receives word that an old flame is ill. His return to Budapest rekindles old memories and reopens old wounds.

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