József Tóth

Orphan (2025)

A young boy after the Hungarian uprising of 1956, raised by his mother with the tale of an idealized dead father, has his world turned upside down when a brutish man appears, claiming to be his true parent. ...

Letter to God (2014)

A young farmer in his thirties lives in deep poverty with his wife and children on a farm far away from the village. The driest summer of his life endangers everything he had built and created. ...

Carlos (2010)

The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police. ...

Tabló (2008)

Karcsi, a Roma policeman, lives with Eva, a Swede. One day he is called to the scene of the murder of a wealthy trafficker named Schulter. He begins to investigate the crime, interrogate neighbours and suspects, and untangle a complex situation - one that ...

Hunting for Englishmen (2006)

1839. The discontented noblemen assemble at the country estate of count Gábor Falussy, on the pretext of a boar hunt. Also an English engineer arrives for the sake of constructing the railway line leading up to the count's quarry. ...

Kész cirkusz (2005)

Kontroll (2003)

A subway enforcement officer working in the oppressively gray Budapest metro gets a chance at love — but first he needs to find out why passengers are jumping — or being pushed — to their deaths onto the tracks. ...

Temptations (2002)

Directed, written, and co-produced by Zoltan Kamondi), Kisertesek ("Temptations") illustrates the struggle between ancient traditions and the modern world of restless young Marci (Marcell Miklos), a fatherless young man who is considered somewhat of an out ...

Sorted Letters (2000)

Lajos Mezei is an insignificant, average, middle-aged man. He works at the post office sorting letters using a machine. His life is but a series monotonous everyday events, but he has a passion that makes him different from his fellow humans. This passion ...

Candy Blue (1999)

Feri returns home after a long stay abroad. He can't even remember how long he has been away, and he has forgotten all his past, his family, his childhood. The reason for his amnesia is his strange addiction: his dependence on sugar. ...

Long Twilight (1997)

A tale about an independent-minded university professor who leaves her family to travel across the countryside to visit a friend. ...

Szekelykapu (1994)

A dying old woman leaves her apartment to a young man on condition he marry her Romanian niece so that she can legally come to live in Hungary. ...

Now It's My Turn, Now It's Yours (1984)

Three generations live side by side. The wilful, jack-in-all-pots grandmother blackmails the family with fake faintings, while grandpa suffers from cerebral sclerosis. Mother manages a fashionable hotel, she needs to look smart and unyielding, even when th ...

Forbidden Relations (1983)

Based on a true story, a love affair develops between a half brother and half-sister. When pregnancy results and word gets out the public is outraged. ...

The Trial of Martinovics and the Hungarian Jacobins (1980)

For this austere, clear and sharp telefeature, Judit Elek focused on the last months of Martinovics' life: his interrogation by the Austrians, the examining Magistrate Schilling in particular, shown as a battle of wits as well as delusions on both sides. E ...