Menschen von Budapest

In spring 1957 Budapest, former lovers Sándor and Mónika reunite after 16 years at a street‐corner café. Their conversation flashes back to 1941, when Hungary joined WWII under Horthy and eight fresh teacher‐graduates, including Sándor and Mónika, vowed lifelong solidarity. War and shifting politics fracture their bond and force each to choose a path through turbulent decades. The drama echoes the 1956 uprising: participants seeking reform are branded “counter‐revolutionaries,” denounced by steadfast communists like László, who scorns defectors such as Béla for “dishonouring socialism and the people.”

Otto Tausig

Béla

Hans-Joachim Martens

Deske

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Laszlo

Maly Delschaft

Marion van de Kamp

Wilfried Ortmann

Horst Schön

Hans-Joachim Hanisch

Edwin Marian

Gisela Rimpler

Marianne Wünscher

Günther Ballier

Harry Hindemith

Joachim Konrad

Horst Lommatzsch

Erich Brauer

• Fritz WistenDirector
• Mesterházi LajosWriter

Release date

April 2, 1960

Status

Released

Original language

German

Genres

Drama