The Budapest Twelve is a list of 12 Hungarian films considered the best from the period between 1948 and 1968. The films were chosen in secret ballot of the Hungarian film industry in 1968.

Budapest Twelve

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''(FIPRESCI)'' held its annual conference in Budapest in 1968, the year that marked the 20th anniversary of the nationalization of the Hungarian film industry. On this occasion, the department of film critics of the Alliance of Hungarian Filmmakers choose the best 12 films in a secret ballot. The films were screened at the 4.

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and one year later aired on the Hungarian Public Television. The full list of films: #

Frigyes Bán Frigyes Bán (19 June 1902 – 30 September 1969) was a Hungary, Hungarian film director. His wife was the actresÉva Vass (1933-2019) Selected filmography * ''One Night in Transylvania'' (1941) * ''Háry János (1941 film), Háry János'' (1941 ...

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Treasured Earth ''Treasured Earth'' ( Hungarian: ''Talpalatnyi föld'') is a 1948 Hungarian drama film directed by Frigyes Bán and starring Ági Mészáros, Ádám Szirtes and Tibor Molnár. It is based on a novel by Pál Szabó. It is also known by the alter ...

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Miklós Jancsó Miklós Jancsó (; 27 September 192131 January 2014) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Jancsó achieved international prominence starting in the mid-1960s with works including '' The Round-Up'' (''Szegénylegények'', 1965), ''T ...

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Zoltán Fábri Zoltán Fábri (15 October 1917 – 23 August 1994) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His films '' The Boys of Paul Street'' (1969) and ''Hungarians'' (1978) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. ...

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Félix Máriássy Félix Máriássy (1919–1975) was a Hungarian film editor and director. Selected filmography Director * '' Mrs. Szabó'' (1949) * '' Rokonok'' (1954) * '' A Glass of Beer'' (1955) * '' The Smugglers'' (1958) * '' Bábolna, 1964'' (1964) * ...

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Professor Hannibal ''Professor Hannibal'' (Hungarian: ''Hannibál tanár úr'') is a 1956 Hungarian drama film directed by Zoltán Fábri and starring Ernő Szabó, Zoltán Greguss and Manyi Kiss. The film is based on a novel by Ferenc Móra set in Budapest duri ...

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In Soldier's Uniform ''Sunday Romance'' (Hungarian: ''Bakaruhában'') is a 1957 Hungarian period romantic drama film directed by Imre Fehér and starring Iván Darvas, Margit Bara and Sándor Pécsi. It is also known by the alternative title ''In Soldier's Uniform ...

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Károly Makk 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. He wa ...

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The House Under the Rocks ''The House Under the Rocks'' (Hungarian: ''Ház a sziklák alatt'') is a 1958 Hungarian drama film directed by Károly Makk and György Hintsch and starring János Görbe, Irén Psota and Margit Bara. Burns p.213 It was shot at the Hunnia Studio ...

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Ferenc Kósa Ferenc Kósa (21 November 1937 – 12 December 2018) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. He directed thirteen films between 1961 and 1988. He won the award for Best Director at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival The 20th Cannes F ...

: '' Ten Thousand Days'' #

István Gaál István Gaál (25 August 1933 – 25 September 2007) was a Hungarian film director, editor and screenwriter. He directed more than 20 films between 1956 and 1996. With ''Falcons'' he won the Jury Prize at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival. S ...

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Sodrásban ''Sodrásban'' is a 1964 Hungarian drama film directed by István Gaál. The film was chosen to be part of the Budapest Twelve, a list of Hungarian films considered the best in 1968. Cast * Andrea Drahota – Vadóc * Marianna Moór – Böbe ...

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Márton Keleti Márton Keleti (27 April 1905 – 20 June 1973) was a Hungarian film director. He directed 50 films between 1937 and 1973. His 1959 film ''Yesterday (1959 film), Yesterday'' was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. Sele ...

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The Corporal and the Others ''The Corporal and the Others'' ( hu, A tizedes meg a többiek) is a 1965 Hungarian comedy film directed by Márton Keleti. The film was chosen to be part of the Budapest Twelve, a list of Hungarian films considered the best in 1968. Cast * Imr ...

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István Szabó István Szabó (; born 18 February 1938) is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director. Szabó is one of the most notable Hungarian filmmakers and one who has been best known outside the Hungarian-speaking world since the la ...

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New Budapest Twelve

In 2000, the Alliance of Hungarian Filmmakers and Television Directors along with the film and TV critic department of the

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voted on the films they consider the best in the history of Hungarian cinema. The full list of films:{{Cite journal, date=March 2000, title=Új Budapesti Tizenkettő, url=https://www.filmvilag.hu/xista_frame.php?cikk_id=2851, journal=Filmvilág, volume=XLIII, issue=3, pages=2 # Miklós Jancsó: ''The Round-Up'' # Károly Makk: ''

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Zoltán Huszárik Zoltán Huszárik (born József Zoltán Huszárik, May 14, 1931 – October 15, 1981) was an influential Hungarian film director, screenwriter, visual artist and occasional actor, an acclaimed auteur of the European modern art film. Huszár ...

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Szindbád ''Szindbád'' (also known as ''Szinbád'' / ''Sindbad'' /''Sinbad'') is a 1971 Hungarian film directed by Zoltán Huszárik, and based on short stories by the writer Gyula Krúdy. Plot The film opens with a sequence of fleeting images - the stame ...

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István Szőts István Szőts (June 30, 1912 – November 6, 1998) was a Hungarian screenwriter and film director. He was born in Szentgyörgyválya (now Valea Sângeorgiului, Călan, Romania), and later moved with his father to Hungary. Szőts studied fine ...

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People of the Mountains ''People of the Mountains'' (Hungarian: ''Emberek a havason'') is a 1942 Hungarian drama film directed by István Szőts and starring Alice Szellay, János Görbe, Péterke Ferency. The film is set in the Székely woodcutting community of Tran ...

'' # Géza Radványi: '' Somewhere in Europe'' #

Péter Gothár Péter Gothár (born 28 August 1947) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 23 films since 1974. His film ''The Outpost (1995 film), The Outpost'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Fest ...

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Hyppolit, the Butler ''Hyppolit, the Butler'' ( hu, Hyppolit, a lakáj) is a 1931 black-and-white Hungarian film comedy of manners about an upwardly mobile family hiring a butler who previously worked for aristocratic families. It was the second full sound film pro ...

'' # Zoltán Fábri: ''Merry-Go-Round'' # András Jeles: '' Little Valentino'' #

Ildikó Enyedi Ildikó Enyedi (; born 15 November 1955) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Her 2017 film ''On Body and Soul'' won the top prize at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival and went on to be nominated for a Foreign Language 90th ...

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My 20th Century ''My 20th Century'' ( hu, Az én XX. századom) is a 1989 Hungarian comedy-drama science fiction film written and directed by Ildikó Enyedi. It premiered at the Toronto Festival of Festivals. Enyedi won the Golden Camera award at the 1989 ...

'' # István Szabó: ''Father'' # Zoltán Fábri: ''Professor Hannibal''

References

Lists of Hungarian films