25 Fireman's Street

25 Fireman's Street

97 mins | Drama, Romance, History | Sept. 27, 1973

On one hot summer night, the residents of a Hungarian apartment house slated for demolition restlessly revisit their haunted pasts as they face an uncertain future. In a gently turning kaleidoscope of dream imagery, regret-laden nostalgia and painstakingly intimate detail, the looming wrecking ball pales in significance to the accumulated experiences each dreamer revisits. Pre-war prejudice, occupying Nazis and Stalinist deprivations all come and go as each tenant’s backward glance yields moments of aching sensuality, infectious exuberance and catastrophic loss.

25 Fireman's Street

97 mins | Drama, Romance, History | Sept. 27, 1973

25 Fireman's Street
On one hot summer night, the residents of a Hungarian apartment house slated for demolition restlessly revisit their haunted pasts as they face an uncertain future. In a gently turning kaleidoscope of dream imagery, regret-laden nostalgia and painstakingly intimate detail, the looming wrecking ball pales in significance to the accumulated experiences each dreamer revisits. Pre-war prejudice, occupying Nazis and Stalinist deprivations all come and go as each tenant’s backward glance yields moments of aching sensuality, infectious exuberance and catastrophic loss.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Hungarofilm, Budapest Filmstúdió
Original title Tűzoltó utca 25.
Directors Tamás Almási, István Szabó
Writers István Szabó, Luca Karall

Cast

Lucyna Winnicka

as Maria

Margit Makay

as Mother of Maria

Károly Kovács

as Father of Maria

András Bálint

as Andris

Erzsi Pásztor

as Erzsi

Edit Lenkey

as Baba

Ervin Csomák

as Gaskóy

János Jani

as Husband of Baba

Zoltán Zelk

as Hackl