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Follows the members of a humble agricultural community living in a bleak and punishing backwater after the fall of Communism. As a few of the villagers secretly conspire to take off with all of the community's annual earnings for themselves, a mysterious messiah, long thought dead, returns to t...

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Main Author: Krasznahorkai, László (Author, Screenwriter)
Other Authors: Tarr, Béla, 1955- (Screenwriter, Cinematographer), Víg, Mihály (Screenwriter, Actor, composer (expression)), Dobai, Péter (Screenwriter), Mihók, Barna, 1948- (Screenwriter), Horváth, Putyi (Actor), Székely, Miklós B., 1948- (Actor), feLugossy, László, 1947- (Actor), Albert, Eva Almássy, 1948- (Actor), Bók, Erika (Actor), Medvigy, Gábor, 1957- (Cinematographer), Hranitzky, Ágnes (Film editor)
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:Hungarian
Language Notes:Hungarian dialogue; English subtitles.
Published: [Los Angeles] : Arbelos Films, [2021]
Edition:Blu-ray edition.
Subjects:
Collective farms > Hungary > Drama.
Abandoned farms > Hungary > Drama.
Working poor > Hungary > Drama.
Swindlers and swindling > Hungary > Drama.
Refugee property > Hungary > Drama.
Abandoned farms.
Collectivization of agriculture.
Refugee property.
Swindlers and swindling.
Hungary.
Drama.
Feature films.
Foreign films.
Historical films.
Epic films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
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Summary:Follows the members of a humble agricultural community living in a bleak and punishing backwater after the fall of Communism. As a few of the villagers secretly conspire to take off with all of the community's annual earnings for themselves, a mysterious messiah, long thought dead, returns to the village and alters the course of everyone's lives forever.
Item Description:Title from container.
Based on the novel by László Krasznahorkai.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1994.
Wide screen (1.66:1).
"4" at bottom of the spine.
Special features: New video interview A sense of rhythm with composer and actor Mihály Víg; new video essay Orders of time in motion by Kevin B. Lee; 2007 archival interview with Béla Tarr; U.S. theatrical trailer; new essay "How to watch Sátántangó" by Janice Lee and Jared Woodland.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (439 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert.
Format:Blu-ray, region A, wide screen (1.66:1); mono; 1080p high definition; requires Blu-ray player.
Production Credits:Story by Mihály Víg, Péter Dobai, and Barna Mihók ; screenplay by László Krasznahorkai and Béla Tarr; cinematography, Béla Tarr & Gábor Medvigy ; film editor, Agnes Hranitzky ; music, Mihály Víg.