Menschen von Budapest

Overview

In spring 1957 Budapest, former lovers Sándor and Mónika reunite after 16 years at a street‐corner café. Their conversation flashes back to 1941, when Hungary joined WWII under Horthy and eight fresh teacher‐graduates, including Sándor and Mónika, vowed lifelong solidarity. War and shifting politics fracture their bond and force each to choose a path through turbulent decades. The drama echoes the 1956 uprising: participants seeking reform are branded “counter‐revolutionaries,” denounced by steadfast communists like László, who scorns defectors such as Béla for “dishonouring socialism and the people.”

Cast

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Otto Tausig

Béla

Hans-Joachim Martens

Deske

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Laszlo

Maly Delschaft

Marion van de Kamp

Wilfried Ortmann

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Horst Schön

Hans-Joachim Hanisch

Edwin Marian

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Gisela Rimpler

Marianne Wünscher

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Günther Ballier