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Satantango

Sátántangó
Sátántangó dvd cover.jpg
Estike (Erika Bók) in the Facets Video DVD cover
Directed by Béla Tarr
Produced by György Fehér
Joachim von Vietinghoff
Ruth Waldburger
Screenplay by Béla Tarr
László Krasznahorkai
Story by Mihály Vig
Péter Dobai
Barna Mihók
Based on Satantango
by László Krasznahorkai
Starring Mihály Víg
Putyi Horváth
László Lugossy
Music by Mihály Víg
Cinematography Gábor Medvigy
Edited by Ágnes Hranitzky
Release date
  • 8 February 1994 (1994-02-08)
Running time
432 minutes
Country Hungary
Germany
Switzerland
Language Hungarian

Sátántangó (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈʃaːtaːntɒnɡoː], meaning "Satan's Tango") is a 1994 Hungarian apocalyptic art drama film directed by Béla Tarr. Shot in black-and-white, it runs for more than seven hours. It is based on the novel Satantango by Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai, who had been providing Tarr with stories since his 1988 film Damnation. Tarr had wanted to make the film since 1985 but was unable to proceed with the production due to the strict political environment in Hungary.

In the years since its release, Sátántangó has received wide acclaim from film critics, and is considered one of the greatest films ever made. In 2012, it appeared in the British Film Institute's Sight & Sound critics' top 50 films.

In a desolate village, after the collapse of a collective farm, Futaki (Miklós Székely B.) is having an affair with Mrs. Schmidt (Éva Almássy Albert), as he is awakened at dawn by the ringing of church bells, even though the nearest church had been destroyed long ago. Mr. Schmidt (László Lugossy) conspires with a group of co-workers to steal the villagers' money and flee to another part of the country. Futaki ambushes Schmidt and discovers his plans, after which he demands to become part of the scheme—all of this being watched by a lonely drunk man known as the Doctor (Peter Berling), who writes the events down in a notebook. However, the conspiracy is terminated when rumors spread across the village that the charismatic and manipulative Irimiás (Mihály Vig), a former co-worker who had been presumed dead, is returning. Meanwhile, Irimiás and his friend Petrina (Putyi Horváth) make a secret deal with a Captain somewhere else, involving their return to the village and manipulation of its community.


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