Satantango

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Béla Tarr

Writers

Mihály Víg, László Krasznahorkai, Péter Dobai

Language

Hungarian

Country

Switzerland, Germany, Hungary

Release date

28 April 1994

Budget

$1,500,000

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Mihály Víg

  Irimiás

• 

  Putyi Horváth

  Petrina

• 

  Székely B. Miklós

  Futaki

• Erika Bók

  Estike

• László feLugossy

  Schmidt

• 

  Alfréd Járai

  Halics

• 

  János Derzsi

  Kráner

• Irén Szajki

  Kránerné

• 

  Éva Almássy Albert

  Schmidtné

• Erzsébet Gaál

  Halicsné

• 

  Peter Berling

  Orvos

• 

  György Barkó

  Iskolaigazgató