25 Fireman's Street

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On one hot summer night, the residents of a Hungarian apartment house slated for demolition restlessly revisit their haunted pasts as they face an uncertain future. In a gently turning kaleidoscope of dream imagery, regret-laden nostalgia and painstakingly intimate detail, the looming wrecking ball pales in significance to the accumulated experiences each dreamer revisits. Pre-war prejudice, occupying Nazis and Stalinist deprivations all come and go as each tenant’s backward glance yields moments of aching sensuality, infectious exuberance and catastrophic loss.

Director

István Szabó

Screenplay

Luca Karall

Screenplay

István Szabó

Music

Zdenkó Tamássy

Status

Released

Release date

27/09/1973

Original language

Hungarian