Satantango

Satantango

432 mins | Drama | Feb. 8, 1994

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.

Satantango

432 mins | Drama | Feb. 8, 1994

Satantango
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.
IMDb rating 8.2
Producers Télévision Suisse-Romande, Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion (VVF), Vega Film, Mozgókép Innovációs Társulás és Alapítvány, Magyar Televízió
Original title Sátántangó
Directors Béla Tarr
Writers Mihály Víg, Péter Dobai, Barna Mihók, László Krasznahorkai, Béla Tarr

Cast

Mihály Víg

as Irimiás

Putyi Horváth

as Petrina

Erika Bók

as Estike

László feLugossy

as Schmidt

Alfréd Járai

as Halics

János Derzsi

as Kráner

Irén Szajki

as Kránerné

Éva Almássy Albert

as Schmidtné

Erzsébet Gaál

as Halicsné

Peter Berling

as Orvos

György Barkó

as Iskolaigazgató

Zoltán Kamondi

as Kocsmáros

Barna Mihók

as Kerekes

Péter Dobai

as Százados

András Bodnár

as Horgos Sanyi

Ica Bojár

as Horgosné

István Juhász

as Kelemen

Ferenc Kállai

as Orvos (voice)

Mihály Ráday

as Narrator (voice)