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László Krasznahorkai
Writer 72 years old

László Krasznahorkai

Gyula, Hungary

László Krasznahorkai (born January 5, 1954) is a Nobel Prize-winning Hungarian novelist and screenwriter. He is known for difficult and demanding novels, often labelled postmodern, with dystopian and melancholic themes. Several of his works, notably his novels Satantango... Read full bio →

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5 titles
A Torinói ló

A Torinói ló

Béla Tarr 2011 2h 35m 8.3

A rural farmer is forced to confront the mortality of his faithful horse.

A Londoni férfi

A Londoni férfi

Béla Tarr 2007 2h 19m 7.7

One night Maloin, a switchman at a seaside railway station situated by a ferry harbour, witnesses a terrible event...

Werckmeister harmóniák

Werckmeister harmóniák

Béla Tarr 2000 2h 19m 8.5

A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.

Sátántangó

Sátántangó

Béla Tarr 1994 7h 12m 9.0

Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering.

Kárhozat

Kárhozat

Béla Tarr 1987 1h 56m 7.4

Karrer plods his way through life in quiet desperation. His environment is drab and rainy and muddy. Eaten up with solitude, his hopelessness would be incurable but for the existence of the Titanik Bar and its beautiful, haunting singer. But the lady is married and Karrer is determined to keep her husband away...

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