István Hirtling

Hadik (2023)

During the Seven Years War, Austrian Queen Maria Theresa sends her best general, András Hadik and his Hussars to raid Berlin and humiliate the Prussian King, Frederick the Great. ...

Fantazma (2023)

Every day, Dani wakes up startled. The problems of his relationships haunt him like a fever dream, driving him almost to the brink of madness. For months, he has been tormented by nightmares, which he tries to depict in his dream book day by day; unsuccess ...

Judgment & Grace (2021)

The story takes place at the time of the defeat of the Hungarian War of Independence, when Csákberény came under the terror of the imperial soldiers. Two priests from the village are arrested overnight for reading the Hungarian Declaration of Independenc ...

What Ever Happened to Timi (2014)

Dani was always the good boy at school and is about to get married. He bumps into Tímea Hajnal, who is now a top model but is trying to get over a humiliating break-up. After a few glasses of wine, they fall into each other's arms, which wouldn't be so ba ...

Glass Tiger 3 (2010)

A single gunshot and a pointed toothpick drive Lali to abandon his life and disappear, only to find himself stranding Feri, a high-profile Budapest lawyer, at the Üvegtigris snack bar while Lali hops into Feri's Bentley convertible. As the pair roar throu ...

Pumpheads (2006)

Tamás, a jaded ad executive, is taken hostage during a gas‐station robbery where both fellow captives and criminals are so unhinged that you never know who holds the gun or when it might fire. No one in this motley crew is who they claim to be, as World ...

Nomen est Omen avagy Reszkess Szabó János! (2004)

The subway driver Szabó János is tired of conflicts, that so many other people across the town share the same name, so he decides to kill all of them, that he will be the only one left. ...

Beyond the Curve (2002)

Szilvi deals in drugs and cannot decide between Tamas who offers her love in this world and the priest who offers her the chance of ethereal harmony. ...

Sunshine (1999)

The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century. ...

Der Kronprinz (1989)

Archduke Rudolf, the only son of Franz Joseph, the pretender to the Habsburg Empire, was found dead in the hunting lodge at Mayerling on 30 January 1889. For a long time, few people knew the circumstances of his death; the public could only speculate. Ther ...

Miklós Akli (1986)

The hero of the story that takes place at the beginning of the nineteenth century and recalls real historical personages is Akli Miklós, the court jester of Emperor Ferenc. ...

Kaviár és lencse (1985)

Oh, Bloody Life (1984)

The Hungarian Oh, Bloody Life reflects on the heavy emotional toll taken by the repressive Stalin regime. Dorotya Udvaros plays a young actress from a high-born family. The government bias against persons of wealth threatens to destroy her career before it ...