Péter Bacsó

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Péter Bacsó (6 January 1928 – 11 March 2009) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. After high school graduation Bacsó wanted to become an actor and later a theatre director, but ultimately decided to try filmmaking. His first job in a film was as an assistant in Géza Radványi's Valahol Európában (Somewhere in Europe) at the age of 19. He continued as a script editor and screenwriter. He graduated at the Hungarian School of Theatrical- and Film Arts in 1950. At the time he was already a familiar face in studios. He was a successful screenwriter during the 1950s before beginning to direct films a decade later. He made his first feature film, Nyáron egyszerű in 1963. He made his most famous film, A tanú (The Witness) in 1969, but it was banned at the time and wasn't released until 1979. The film became a cult classic in Hungary; it is a political satire about the early-1950s Communist regime. Bacsó later continued to make mostly political and satirical films, for a wider audience. He made various genre films, trying his hand in musicals, comedies, etc. He continued filmmaking up to his later years, however his last two films were generally dismissed by critics and the public alike as badly written and low quality works. His 2001 film Hamvadó cigarettavég (Smouldering Cigarette) was a biopic of Hungarian actress and singer Katalin Karády. His 2008 film Virtually a Virgin was entered into the 30th Moscow International Film Festival.

Most Popular Péter Bacsó Trailers

Total trailers found: 49

Banana Skin Waltz Trailer (1987)

19 February 1987

A typist girl who is under the influence of nervous breakdown walks out to the street stark naked from the office she works in.

Two Half-Times in Hell Trailer (1961)

02 November 1961

To celebrate Hitler's birthday, a soccer match is organised between the Germans and a group of Hungarian political prisoners, one of whom is a famous pre-war football star.

Love Trailer (1971)

21 January 1971

Luca, who regularly visits her bedridden mother-in-law, hides from her the fact that János, his son, has been arrested on a trumped up political charge.

A Very Moral Night Trailer (1977)

06 October 1977

A brothel in a small Hungarian town becomes the home of a medical student after his favorite working girls find out he's out of rent money.

What's the Time, Mr. Clock? Trailer (1985)

14 August 1985

Even without a clock, the watch-maker of the small country town always knows the exact time to the second, and for this reason he came to be called Mr.

Titania, Titania, or the Night of the Stand-Ins Trailer (1988)

01 January 1988

Never miss a satire if you'd like to have a wider view of the 60's or 70's (and maybe the 80's) Eastern Europe.

The Day before Yesterday Trailer (1982)

14 August 1982

In 1947 Dorottya is dismissed from girl school by the nuns for her views.

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke Trailer (1980)

25 December 1980

The journalist Alf Mattson gets thoroughly drunk at his birthday party, where his wife announces that she intends to divorce him.

No Problems in Summer Trailer (1964)

13 August 1964

Kati, a fragile, sixteen-year-old teenager and Sándor, a twenty-two-year-old young man get married defying their parents' and friends' objections.

Virtually a Virgin Trailer (2008)

20 March 2008

Oh, Bloody Life Trailer (1984)

16 February 1984

The Hungarian Oh, Bloody Life reflects on the heavy emotional toll taken by the repressive Stalin regime.

Lily in Love Trailer (1984)

17 October 1984

Insulted when his screenwriter wife writes a leading role for a younger man, aging Broadway idol Fitz Wynn disguises himself as a handsome young Italian.

Alarm Shot Trailer (1977)

01 January 1977

The film discusses generational and adaptational problems. The child of a cadre revolts against the omnipotent paternal authority and his own generations' nihilist members.

Stalin's Bride Trailer (1991)

14 August 1991

At a dusty crossroads in the Soviet Union villagers surrender their possessions - a horse, a samovar, a goat - to the state.

Hungarian Requiem Trailer (1990)

25 October 1990

1958. In the cell of the condemned, seven men await the signs of an approaching execution. All of them recall their pasts and envision their wish-dreams.

Nyugati övezet Trailer (1952)

24 January 1952

The Insult Trailer (1983)

17 February 1983

Szása on his day off mends the old automobile of a young couple and goes shopping with his son. In the shop the saleswoman mistakes him to be a drunken customer of the other day and begins to offend him.

A Pianino in Mid-Air Trailer (1976)

13 August 1976

Kicsi Dániel, the young virtuoso pianist gets a separate apartment in the ten-storey block of flats.

Don't Keep Off the Grass Trailer (1960)

06 October 1960

Daddy Kárász, the stakhanovist worker, complains in a television interview about the fact that his family, consisting of many members, cannot get a home on their own.

Mrs. Déry Trailer (1951)

06 June 1951

The story, which takes place in the reform era, centres around Mrs. Déry, a legendary actress, who, along with her fellow actors and actresses, travels around the country to become the herald of the Hungarian language, performing in villages and towns up and down the land as strolling players, a woman who is not put off by the prospect of starvation and the dearth of a home to return to and security to live in.

The Birth of Menyhért Simon Trailer (1954)

21 January 1954

Venice Film Festival 1954

Smouldering Cigarette Trailer (2001)

14 August 2001

1942. Owing to a stolen mink coat, Süti, the young poet and journalist, gets acquainted with Katalin, the idolated singer.

Do widzenia wczoraj. Dwie krótkie komedie o zmianie systemu Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

The Last Chance Trailer (1973)

13 August 1973

The film is based on a true story. Jakus, managing director of a scooter-factory suddenly resigns, since he disagrees with his superiors in the ministry on several points.

Witness Again Trailer (1995)

02 February 1995

The Witness (Hungarian: A tanú, also known as Without A Trace), is a 1969 Hungarian satire film, directed by Péter Bacsó.

Crime at Dawn Trailer (1960)

04 February 1960

Private inspector Hável happens to travel on the train which is attacked at Biatorbágy. His attention is drawn to a suspicious man, and in the next few days he confirms that it was indeed him who committed the crime.

The Brute Trailer (1961)

24 May 1961

This drama about a boorish non-conformist takes place in Hungary after the war and is dulled a little by political overtones but is still an engaging story.

Tale on the 12 Points Trailer (1957)

07 February 1957

The flat of Doctor Bartha is wetting, the Communal Management Enterprise does not act, the doctor and his wife are at the edge of divorce.

Bald Head for Bald Head Trailer (1972)

13 August 1972

In this naturalistic satire enriched with burlesque, Boróka, the haircutting artist once cuts a hair so, that the customer has to be shaved bald.

A nem várt vendég Trailer (1978)

01 January 1978

Walking to Heaven Trailer (1959)

08 July 1959

If there has ever been pure and undestroyable love, this is it. That is how Imre and Vera feel. The talented chemist loses his best friend for the girl's sake, then gives up his profession, only to be able to stay in the capital with Vera.

Gulls and Gangsters Trailer (1997)

15 May 1997

The film has a broken meaning, the last time he was a proofreader for a book publisher, he is now unemployed.

Dashing Girls Trailer (1974)

13 August 1974

A musical farce about women in the canning factory. The pretty Brigitta tries to commit suicide, because Laci left her, pregnant, but her mates save her.

Electric Schock Trailer (1979)

13 August 1979

This double-threaded story depicts the lives of a sister and a brother in a critical phase of their lives.

Don't Pull My Beard! Trailer (1975)

13 August 1975

This absurd story, bordering on the drawing-room comedy, portrays the practices of abusing power and the insolence of bureaucracy through the revolting of a young designer-engineer of the Railway Tilting Examination Board.

Anna Szabó Trailer (1949)

02 December 1949

A female worker in Socialist Hungary gains the acceptance of her male colleagues.

The Fatal Shot Trailer (1968)

02 October 1968

Laci and the divorced Klári decide to commit suicide, since neither's parents give them shelter, they have no place to sleep, no decent job and no future.

De kik azok a Lumnitzer nővérek? Trailer (2006)

09 March 2006

Story about two restaurant critics, whom write articles under fake names.

Keep Your Chin Up! Trailer (1954)

19 August 1954

On the Spring of 1945 the Jackson circus is heading towards the border with the clown Peti and Aida, the elephant.

Why not Speak of Love? Trailer (1979)

13 August 1979

One morning, the caretaker of the student hostel of the University of Horticulture finds Citrom Flóra and Bohus Tamás, by the purest accident, in one bed together.

Cyclists in Love Trailer (1965)

11 June 1965

When András, Albert and Bence are on a cycling tour around Lake Balaton, their dreams come true. Sunshine, beach and pretty girls.

Palm Sunday Trailer (1969)

11 December 1969

Epic recalling the early days of the Republic of the councils.

Military Band Trailer (1961)

28 September 1961

Merry soldiers arrive in the sleepy Transdanubian town. The cynical woman-hunter, Ferdinándy, learns to know doctor Barlay's beautiful wife at a carnival.

It Happened in Europe Trailer (1947)

23 December 1947

1944. A band of runaways and orphans of the war scour the countryside in search of food and shelter. They invade and then taken in by a musician and former concert pianist who’s hiding out in a ruined castle.

The Witness Trailer (1979)

06 June 1979

Hungary, 1950s. József Pelikán, who works as a dam keeper on the Danube, meets by chance Zoltán Dániel, an old friend whom he saved from death years before and who is now a powerful politician.

Present Indicative Trailer (1971)

13 August 1971

Mózes Imre, the quality inspector of a big factory in Budapest loses his job overnight because he did not obey the director's instructions and refused some bad products of the company.

Outbreak Trailer (1970)

13 August 1970

The main character of this film reminiscent of political writing is Laci, the young and ambitious factory worker.

Sweet Anna Trailer (1958)

06 November 1958

The young maid, Anna starts to work for the noble Vizy family. Mrs Vizy is proud of the hard-working servant but doesnt treat her well.

Summer on the Hill Trailer (1967)

13 August 1967

Komora, a young painter and his friends, Mari, a teacher, and the elderly doctor, Szabó, buy a barrack-building situated at the foot of the stone mine of Badacsony.