Satantango

1994 · directed by Béla Tarr

Rating
100/100
Hit
yes
Prestige lists
BFI Top 100, TSPDT 250

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 (1994), directed by Béla Tarr, rates 100/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Mihály Víg
  • Putyi Horváth
  • Székely B. Miklós
  • Erika Bók
  • László feLugossy
  • Alfréd Járai
  • János Derzsi
  • Irén Szajki
  • Éva Almássy Albert
  • Erzsébet Gaál

Crew

  • Gábor Medvigy — Director of Photography
  • Ágnes Hranitzky — Editor
  • Mihály Víg — Original Music Composer
  • Béla Tarr — Screenplay
  • László Krasznahorkai — Screenplay

More from Béla Tarr

  1. Werckmeister Harmonies (2001) — 86/100 · hit
  2. Damnation (1988) — 83/100 · hit
  3. Autumn Almanac (1984) — 83/100 · hit
  4. The Turin Horse (2011) — 79/100
  5. The Man from London (2008) — 67/100

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