Principal cast
Mihály Víg, Putyi Horváth, Székely B. Miklós, Erika Bók and László feLugossy
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Satantango
About the film
Satantango at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1994 film at stop 165 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
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. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.
Key craft credits
Gábor Medvigy (director of photography), Ágnes Hranitzky (editor), Mihály Víg (original music composer), Béla Tarr (screenplay) and László Krasznahorkai (screenplay)
- Director
- Béla Tarr
- Release
- 1994-04-28
- Runtime
- 432 minutes
- Genres
- Drama
- Country
- Hungary
- Quiz
- 20 questions
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Start the example →Full cast
Full cast
- Mihály VígCharacter: Irimiás
- Putyi HorváthCharacter: Petrina
- Székely B. MiklósCharacter: Futaki
- Erika BókCharacter: Estike
- László feLugossyCharacter: Schmidt
- Alfréd JáraiCharacter: Halics
- János DerzsiCharacter: Kráner
- Irén SzajkiCharacter: Kránerné
- Éva Almássy AlbertCharacter: Schmidtné
- Erzsébet GaálCharacter: Halicsné
- Peter BerlingCharacter: Orvos
- György BarkóCharacter: Iskolaigazgató
Full crew
Full crew
- Béla TarrCredits: Screenplay, Director
- Péter PásztorfiCredits: Special Effects Technician
- Ernő MihályiCredits: Production Manager
- Mihály VígCredits: Story, Original Music Composer
- György FehérCredits: Producer
- János BrecklCredits: Costume Design
- Gábor MedvigyCredits: Director of Photography
- István PergelCredits: Sound Recordist
- Tamás NyergesCredits: Steadicam Operator
- Péter DobaiCredits: Story
- József KardosCredits: Sound Recordist
- Barna MihókCredits: Story
- Sándor KállayCredits: Production Design
- Ágnes HranitzkyCredits: Editor
- László KrasznahorkaiCredits: Screenplay, Novel
- László RammCredits: Camera Operator
- Zsigmond MolcsányCredits: Gaffer
- Elõd KürtösCredits: Gaffer
- Béla Zsolt TóthCredits: Set Decoration
- Ruth WaldburgerCredits: Producer
- Joachim von VietinghoffCredits: Producer
- Gyula PauerCredits: Costume Design
- Sándor KatonaCredits: Set Decoration
- György KovácsCredits: Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Production Sound Mixer
- Csaba ErösCredits: Sound Recordist
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