Lajos Koltai

Lajos Koltai Trailers

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Lajos Koltai, ASC, HSC, (born April 2, 1946 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian cinematographer and film director best known for his work with legendary Hungarian director Istvan Szabo, and Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 2000 for his work on the film Malèna.

Most Popular Lajos Koltai Trailers

Total trailers found: 67

Mother Trailer (1996)

25 December 1996

A neurotic, twice-divorced sci-fi writer moves back in with his mother to solve his personal problems.

Being Julia Trailer (2004)

03 September 2004

Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband who has mastermined her brilliant career - but after years of shining in the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of boredom and longs for something new and exciting to put the twinkle back in her eye.

Taking Sides Trailer (2002)

07 March 2002

One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's.

Born Yesterday Trailer (1993)

26 March 1993

A rich millionaire hires a sophisticated journalist to bring his somewhat dim-witted girlfriend up to the level of his peers.

Fateless Trailer (2005)

10 February 2005

An Hungarian youth comes of age at Buchenwald during World War II. György Köves is 14, the son of a merchant who's sent to a forced labor camp.

Mobsters Trailer (1991)

26 July 1991

The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime.

Malena Trailer (2000)

16 March 2000

During WWII, a teenage boy discovering himself becomes love-stricken by Malèna, a sensual woman living in a small, narrow-minded Italian town.

Descending Angel Trailer (1990)

25 November 1990

A recently engaged man getting to know his future father-in-law better unearths clues that the man may have been a Nazi collaborator and a mass murderer.

Ten Minutes Older: The Cello Trailer (2002)

03 September 2002

Collection of short films the summaries of which include; a foreign man moving to Italy, getting married and having a child; a four split scene short involving plot-less images of old people with television sets for heads, a beautiful woman having sex, and overall confusion; and an old man reminiscing over his youth.

Mephisto Trailer (1981)

11 February 1981

A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance in a Faustian play as the Nazis take power in pre-WWII Germany.

Out to Sea Trailer (1997)

02 July 1997

Care-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies.

Home for the Holidays Trailer (1995)

02 November 1995

After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson faces spending the holiday with her unhinged family.

Evening Trailer (2007)

09 June 2007

As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first time that their mother lived an entire other lifetime during one evening 50 years ago.

When a Man Loves a Woman Trailer (1994)

29 April 1994

An airline pilot and his wife are forced to face the consequences of her alcoholism when her addictions threaten her life and their daughter's safety.

The Stud Farm Trailer (1978)

23 August 1978

In 1950, when a young communist director arrives to take charge of a stud farm, his efforts to draw on the experience of the old hands there meet with little success.

The Legend of 1900 Trailer (1998)

28 October 1998

The story of a virtuoso piano player who lives his entire life aboard an ocean liner. Born and raised on the ship, 1900 learned about the outside world through interactions with passengers, never setting foot on land, even for the love of his life.

Sunshine Trailer (1999)

13 September 1999

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

Gaby: A True Story Trailer (1987)

30 October 1987

The life of Gaby Brimmer, a girl physically handicapped, who finally gets her goals of study and triumph.

Angi Vera Trailer (1978)

18 November 1978

Angi Vera, as a promising young woman, gets invited to a Communist training center to undergo the next level of indoctrination into Party life.

The Emperor's Club Trailer (2002)

22 November 2002

William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks into his classroom.

Confidence Trailer (1980)

10 January 1980

Janos and Kata are thrown together during the Second World War and forced to pose as husband and wife to hide from the Nazis.

White Palace Trailer (1990)

19 October 1990

Max Baron is a Jewish advertising executive in his 20s who's still getting over the death of his wife.

Just Cause Trailer (1995)

17 February 1995

A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.

Colonel Redl Trailer (1985)

29 March 1985

Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl, an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensnared in political deception.

Just Like at Home Trailer (1978)

26 October 1978

On his return from America, András simply cannot find his place: he has lost his wife, friends and job, and he cannot even find his way back to his former great love.

Wrestling Ernest Hemingway Trailer (1993)

17 December 1993

Frank, a retired Irish seaman, and Walter, a retired Cuban barber, are two lonely old men trapped in the emptiness of their own lives.

Rokonok Trailer (2006)

09 February 2006

Young honest public official is sworn in after his predecessor had to leave due to a corruption scandal.

Max Trailer (2002)

10 September 2002

In 1918, a young, disillusioned Adolf Hitler strikes up a friendship with a Jewish art dealer while weighing a life of passion for art vs.

A Priceless Day Trailer (1979)

06 December 1979

Irén and Attila, a not-so-young couple, are in love. All they want is a flat of their own where they could live together.

Az utolsó tánctanár Trailer (1975)

01 January 1975

Géza Böszörményi's 1975 German-Hungarian co-production film stars János Balogh as a dance and etiquette teacher.

Meeting Venus Trailer (1991)

18 September 1991

Celebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast production of Tannhauser.

Prelude Trailer (1966)

01 January 1966

Der Snob Trailer (1984)

05 March 1984

Wait a Sec! Trailer (1973)

15 November 1973

This film shows us around a factory in the seventies in Hungary. In the outskirts factory of Kőbánya workers celebrate the foundation members and want to present the oldest member, Uncle Benda, now a pensioner, with a golden ring.

Mario and the Magician Trailer (1994)

15 December 1994

The Twenties: The German Fuhrmann family spend their holidays in Italy again. The country is full of mysteries in that time.

Time Stands Still Trailer (1982)

07 October 1982

A Budapest high school in the beginning of the 1960s. Dini suffers the torments of adolescence. His father had to leave Hungary after the uprise in 1956, and since then Dini's mother has had to take care of her two sons on her own.

Holiday in Britain Trailer (1975)

03 March 1975

The film is a documentary-feature film based on real stories and made with amateur actors. The district pioneer secretary is assigned to find a pioneer who can play a musical instrument, has a working-class background, and studies well at school and appoint him for a one-month-long premium holiday in Britain.

Epidemic Trailer (1975)

11 August 1975

The film evokes the era of the 1831 cholera epidemic and the peasant uprising which followed it. The way of Doctor Balás, cholera commissioner, and district administrator Hunyor leads through the mountains of Zemplén and is lined by unburied corpses, peasants dying of the illness and of overdoses of bismuth, by the miserably starving population, the healthy digging mass-graves and by uncultivated lands.

The Ninth Floor Trailer (1976)

30 November 1976

A financially stable family moves into a nice, new apartment, only to see the father leave them. The mother soon brings home a new 'father', Feri.

Final Report Trailer (2020)

27 February 2020

A cardiologist is sent into retirement, but he feels at loss without his work. He returns to his home village to work as a general practitioner.

Adoption Trailer (1975)

25 September 1975

When middle-aged Kata realises that her life will only be complete if she has a baby of her own, her longstanding-but-married boyfriend Joska refuses to comply.

On the Sideline Trailer (1976)

06 April 1976

The corpulent and ageing Ivicz, once an excellent baker, works as a deliverer now. He lives alone. At the weekends following the toilsome weekdays he is the boss.

Ants' Nest Trailer (1971)

21 October 1971

The head of the nunnery is dying, and the members are divided in two groups as the election of the new head approaches.

A lőcsei fehér asszony Trailer (1976)

01 December 1976

Hanussen Trailer (1988)

20 May 1988

A man's story parallels Hitler's rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr.

Prés Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

A harmadik Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

Honeymoons Trailer (1970)

01 January 1970

Documentary about the Italian men that visit Hungary to meet girls and the Hungarian women that fall in love with them.

Hűség a labirintushoz – Beszélgetés Pilinszky Jánossal Trailer (1978)

22 July 1978

An interview with the Hungarian poet, János Pilinszky.

Tisztelt cím! Trailer (1972)

20 April 1972

Everyone is reaching retirement age. Some are happy to go, others regret that their active phase of life is over.

Stratagem Trailer (1980)

23 April 1980

The story played by civilian players is laid in a Transdanubian village, where on the initiative of the municipality doctor the local inhabitants wish to build a social welfare home as volunteers, with the support of the local co-operative and the state farm.

Homer and Eddie Trailer (1989)

17 August 1989

A mentally disabled man gets help from a sociopath when he tries to reunite with his dying father, who years earlier disowned him.

Film Novel - Three Sisters Trailer (1977)

15 April 1977

The documentary-feature film, featuring amateur players and showing the life of three sisters in its simple dull flow of events, has grown to be the symbol of the Budapest School.

Semmelweis Trailer (2023)

30 November 2023

Set in 19th century Vienna, Ignac Semmelweis, a short-tempered but passionate doctor, delivers babies and carries out autopsies on a daily basis while looking for the cause of puerperal fever, the mysterious epidemic that decimates patients in the hospital.

The Agitators Trailer (1971)

08 February 1971

After the World War I, enthusiastic young people found the intellectual group of Hungarian Communist Party.

Riddance Trailer (1973)

30 May 1973

Jutka, a young woman who works in a factory, falls in love with Andras, a university student. She pretends to be a student, to him and to his parents, and begins to live a lie.

Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe Trailer (1992)

20 March 1992

The story shows Emma's and Böbe's fight for survival, for keeping their position in society which they achieved with hard work in the previous regime.

Cat's Game Trailer (1985)

23 June 1985

Bali Trailer (1984)

08 May 1984

The Green Bird Trailer (1980)

24 February 1980