Sátántangó (1994)

Director:

Béla Tarr

Writers:

László Krasznahorkai (novel) and
Mihály Vig (story) ...

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

In a small dilapidated village in 1980s Hungary, life has come to a virtual standstill. The autumn rains have started...

Plot Keywords:

Rain | Hungary | Criminal | Wind | Loneliness

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Mihály Vig	...	Irimiás
László feLugossy	...	Schmidt
Putyi Horváth	...	Petrina
Éva Almássy Albert	...	Mrs. Schmidt
János Derzsi	...	Kráner
Irén Szajki	...	Mrs. Kráner
Alfréd Járai	...	Halics
Miklós Székely B.	...	Futaki
Erzsébet Gaál	...	Mrs. Halics
Erika Bók	...	Estike
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
György Barkó	...	Principal
Peter Berling	...	Doctor
András Bodnár	...	Sanyi Horgos
Ilona Bojár	...	Mrs. Horgos
Péter Dobai	...	Captain
István Juhász	...	Kelemen
Zoltán Kamondi	...	Innkeeper
Barna Mihók	...	Kerekes
Mihály Ráday	...	Narrator (voice)

Also Known As:

Satan's Tango
Satanstango (Germany)

Runtime:

450 min

Country:

Hungary | Germany | Switzerland

Language:

Hungarian

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Hong Kong:IIA

Company:

Mozgókép Innovációs Társulás és Alapítvány

Trivia:

The movie was shot between 1990 and 1994.

Quotes:

Captain: Not that human life was so highly valued. Keeping order appears to be the business of the authorities, but in fact it's the business of all. Order. Freedom, however, has nothing human. It's something divine, something... our lives are too short for us to know properly...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Elephant (2003)

A cinema epic

My name is George Zoes and I am the assistant director of Theo Angelopoulos, the famous director from Greece. I just finished watching the movie and I am in state of cinematic nirvana. I only thought Theo Angelopoulos had the secans shots but I was mistaken.

Bela Tar knows what he is doing. For the people who are addicted to post modern cinema this movie would be a nervous breakdown. But for the people who love the power of images, who keep their minds open, who investigate the same art of cinema, its a miracle this film exists.

The time games that Bela Tar plays with the shots from a different angle are unique and the atmosphere that he creates conviced me that this is a parrarel universe rather than a cinema story. Its a purgative cinema that personally gave me trust to make my own feature film. The visual story seems greater than the written one but its not. I have the feeling that this form is the most suitable for this content. Its like the flesh and the blood, you cant distinguish them.

Thank you Bela Tar and to your screenwriter.

I am ready to leave Theo to work with you.