FAVKS032 Central European Cinema: Hungary

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2002
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jaromír Blažejovský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Voráč, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The key question of the Hungarian cinema is the relationship of man to national history. The course will focus on the most courageous and inovative authors who reflected the tragic collective experience (the revolution 1848, Republic of Councils, fascism, the Second World War, Stalinism, the revolution 1956), using their own metaphorical systems or creating autonomous universes: Zoltán Fábri, Miklós Jancsó, István Szabó, András Kovács, Péter Bacsó, Zoltán Huszárik, Gábor Bódy, Béla Tarr etc. Assessment: list of 18 films for discussion. Literature: Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J.: The Most Important Art: Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945 (Berkeley - Los Angeles - London 1980); Magyar filmkalauz (Budapest 1985); Nemeskürty, István: Wort und Bild, Die Geschichte des ungarischen Films (Budapest 1980); Petrie, Graham: History Must Answer to Man (Budapest 1981). Films: A tanú (The Witness, Péter Bacsó 1969), Angi Vera (Angi Vera, Pál Gábor 1978), Apa (Father, István Szabó 1966), Csillagosok, katonák (The Red and the White, Miklós Jancsó, 1967), Eszkimó asszony fázik (Eskimo Woman Feels Cold, János Xantus 1983), Fényes szelek (Confrontation, Miklós Jancsó, 1969), Hannibal tanár úr (Professor Hannibal, Zoltán Fábri, 1956), Hideg napok (Cold Days, András Kovács 1966), István, a király (Stephen, the King, Gábor Koltay 1983), Körhinta (Merry-go-round, Zoltán Fábri, 1955), Még kér a nép (Red Psalm, Miklós Jancsó, 1965), Mephisto (István Szabó 1981), Napló gyermekeimnek (Diary for my Childern, Márta Mészárosová, 1982), Psyché (Psyché, Gábor Bódy 1980), Redl ezredes (Colonel Redl, István Szabó 1984), Sátántangó (Satantango, Béla Tarr 1994), Sodrásban (Current, István Gaál 1963), Szegénylegények (The Round-up, Miklós Jancsó, 1965), Szerelem (Love, Károly Makk, 1970), Szerelmem, Elektra (Elektreia, Miklós Jancsó, 1974), Szindbád (Sindibád, Zoltán Huszárik, 1971).
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Kolokvium: filmografie 18 filmů k diskusi.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught: every week.
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