Springtime in Budapest
Seen it?1955 | 99 min | War, Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- One for anyone interested in what war does to ordinary people and people who like stories about real, flawed people. Best on a quiet night when you're in the mood to feel something.
- The mood
- Intense.
- The pace
- Quiet, then quietly devastating, at 1 hr 39 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in another language, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1955: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you need something light and fast tonight.
At Christmas Eve in 1944 the runaway Pintér and Gozsó get through the Soviet blockade around Budapest. Pintér intends to hide in a flat abandoned by his own relatives, but he finds his relatives called the Turnovszkys, who are hiding the Jewish Jutka as well. Love unfolds between Zoltán and Jutka.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 547 people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Félix Máriássy
- Miklós GáborPintér Zoltán
- Tibor MolnárGazsó Bertalan
- Zsuzsa GordonJutka
- Iván DarvasKaraganov fõhadnagy
- Gábor RajnayTurnovszky
- Mária MezeiTurnovszkyné
- Nusi Somogyi
- Mária Lázár
- Lajos RajczyMarkó
- László Bánhidi