János Körmendi

Cat City (1986)

In the year 80 AMM (After Mickey Mouse) on the anthropomorphic animal-controlled Planet X, a party of mafioso cats plot to enact a genocide against the mouse population of the world. Mouse scientist Professor Fushimishi seems to have found the weapon again ...

Kaviár és lencse (1985)

Snow White (1984)

A farcical retelling of Snow White. Disillusioned Snow White isn't all that pretty or cute, her friends dwarfs aren't all that hospitable, her evil stepmother is an alcoholic and prince charming likes the ladies too much. ...

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 ...

Glória (1982)

A TV movie version of István Örkény's short novel. The fate of Sister Glória, or Ilona Tarr, who has lived in a convent since her childhood, in the historical situation after 1948, when the nuns' orders were dissolved in our country. The film presents ...

Saroküzlet (1979)

The Elephant (1978)

Just a few days before the foreign delegation arrives at the ZOO, someone scribbled the elephant with unwashable paint. ...

Baleset (1978)

Beszterce ostroma (1976)

István Pongrácz, lord of the castle of Nedec, is a strange man. He does not like his own time, so he imagines himself as a medieval lord of the castle. His surroundings also accept his whimsy, and in this way they give him a horse to ride. Like centuries ...

Aranyborjú (1974)

In modern Hungary, con artist Bender Oszkár and his motley crew - Barangó and a band of small-time schemers - embark on a series of outrageous scams to track down an "illegal" millionaire and seize ten million for themselves. As they exploit every trick ...

Johnny Corncob (1973)

A traditional Hungarian poetic fairytale that describes the epic adventures of a young shepherd through love, war, magic and death. ...

The Black City (1972)

Feature film version of the 1971 series. On the eve of the 18th century, County Vicecomes Görgey Pál broods alone in his manor while the town of Leutschau celebrates New Year's with lead‐casting omens and a disastrous hunt that sparks a bitter feud. As ...

Run to be Caught (1972)

Dangerous spies act as representatives of an international recording company to get important plans from the father of an aspiring composer. ...

A Galant Story (1970)

The story of Bálint Balassi, the poet and warrior. The scene is Hungary at the end of the 16th century. The soldiers stationed at the castles of Hungary's border defence-system spend their days with anti-Turkish raids, hunting and womanising. ...

Krebsz, the God (1970)

The protagonist of this farce is the enthusiastic, bald, spectacled Krebsz, an employee at the Prime and Sample Institute. He alerts the whole village to organise a beauty contest in the weed-field of Balatonszutykos. Hoping to win the grand prize, the lea ...

On Home Grounds (1969)

This ironic comedy is set in the god-forsaken Kiskúnbékás, at the end of the fifties. ...

Summer of Old Times (1969)

The story unfolds using the Lajtai operetta The Old Summer. The son of landowner János Pataki comes from Sweden to visit his father in Budapest for a month's holiday. The parents are divorced because of a prima donna, and the mother warns her son against ...

The Healing Water (1967)

In a little town named Lombos, suddenly a smelly, sulphonic thermal water gush out. Félix Szombathy, a swindler sees a great business opportunity in this. He founded a fraud company and promised to revive the town. ...

Nem szoktam hazudni (1966)

Mythomaniac teenager Anna tries to impress her schoolmates so she impersonates a journalist to meet her dancer crush who she said to be in a relationship with. ...

Calvary (1960)

Following his wedding, Feri left the co-operative and is now working on the land of his father-in-law. Tóth is extremely wilful and thrifty, working from early morning to late night, pushing his family as well. ...

A Glass of Beer (1955)

Marci is drafted from a typical block building in the 6th district in Pest. He says good-bye to Juli living in the same house, with whom they are both very much fond of each other, but neither of them makes a confession. Juli works in a factory, and with h ...

Fourteen Lives (1954)

September 1952 in a mine in Northern-Hungary after an explosion water breaks in from the neighbouring shaft and fourteen miners become trapped. The whole country unites to save them. ...