FILM DIRECTOR

Károly Makk

1925 - 2017

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Károly Makk (December 22, 1925 – August 30, 2017) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Five of his films were nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival; however, he won lesser awards at Cannes and elsewhere. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Károly Makk has received more than 50,591 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 20 in 2019). Károly Makk is the 1,176th most popular film director (down from 1,012th in 2019), the 597th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 494th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Hungarian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Károly Makk ranks 1,176 out of 2,041. Before her are John Musker, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Lone Scherfig, Luise Fleck, Vadim Abdrashitov, and Luciano Emmer. After her are Tomas Alfredson, Jon Avnet, Lajos Koltai, Nelly Kaplan, Břetislav Pojar, and Hany Abu-Assad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Károly Makk ranks 393. Before her are Andrei Eshpai, Kasey Rogers, Lyuben Berov, Shrilal Shukla, Sándor Gellér, and Ron Tauranac. After her are Robert Hirsch, Tomisaku Kawasaki, Eddi Arent, Zoot Sims, Oldřich Lajsek, and Arne Månsson. Among people deceased in 2017, Károly Makk ranks 394. Before her are Lil Peep, Catherine Hardy Lavender, Tullio Baraglia, Vladimir Makanin, Habib Thiam, and Marina Popovich. After her are Robert Hirsch, Issam Zahreddine, Joy Fleming, Roy Dotrice, Ivar Aronsson, and June Foray.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Károly Makk ranks 597 out of 1,077. Before her are Károly Fogl (1895), Zoltán Lajos Bay (1900), Gyula Szapáry (1832), Levente Lengyel (1933), Eva Šuranová (1946), and István Kausz (1932). After her are László Berti (1875), József Sákovics (1927), Lajos Koltai (1946), László Bálint (1948), Frigyes Hidas (1928), and József Szlávy (1818).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Hungary

Among film directors born in Hungary, Károly Makk ranks 20. Before her are Andrew Marton (1904), George Pal (1908), Emeric Pressburger (1902), Andre DeToth (1913), Ágnes Hranitzky (1945), and Ferenc Kósa (1937). After her are Lajos Koltai (1946), Zoltan Korda (1895), Peter Medak (1937), Attila Dargay (1927), Pál Gábor (1932), and László Nemes (1977).

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Filmography

Love
Director
Luca regularly visits her bedridden mother-in-law. Luca's husband, János, has been arrested on a trumped up political charge, and Luca does not know if he is still alive. Luca hides this from his mother by making up letters purporting to be from János who is directing a big film in New York. Luca discovers that János is alive, and is dismissed from her teaching job because of her husband. The dying mother anxiously awaits the return of her son from New York.
Jan 21st 19717.9 / 10
Another Way
Director
Political and sexual repression in Hungary, just after the revolution of 1956. In 1958, the body of Eva Szalanczky, a political journalist, is discovered near the border. Her friend Livia is in hospital with a broken neck; Livia's husband, Donci, is under arrest. In a flashback to the year before, we see what leads up to the tragedy. Eva gets a job as a writer. She meets Livia and is attracted to her. Livia feels much the same, but as a married woman, has doubts and hesitations. In their work, they (and Eva in particular) bang up against the limits of telling political truths; in private, they confront the limits of living out sexual and emotional truth.
May 1st 19825.6 / 10
A Very Moral Night
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A brothel in a small Hungarian town becomes the home of a medical student after his favorite working girls find out he's out of rent money. Trouble brews as they learn his mother is coming for a visit and they must transform the house.
Oct 6th 19775.6 / 10