Best Hungarian family movies

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch family films from Hungary, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for The Nutcracker

    The Nutcracker 2010

    In 1920s Vienna, a young girl receives a magical doll on Christmas Eve.

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  • Poster for The Little Fox

    The Little Fox 1981

    A tale about a little fox Vuk from the novel of the famous Hungarian writer István Fekete.

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  • Poster for The Boys of Paul Street

    The Boys of Paul Street 1969

    In Budapest, two rival gangs of young boys lay claim to a vacant lot. The hostilities escalate yet never quite boil over into actual violence.

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  • Poster for The Treasure of Swamp Castle

    The Treasure of Swamp Castle 1985

    Szaffi is a full-length animated feature based on Mór Jókai’s short books The Gypsy Baron (A cigánybáró) and Szaffi. It has adventure, and treasure, and love, and a little black cat, and a war, and picturesque villains - a governor with a pressure release valve in his skull and a fat pig-loving baron, and of course, the good gypsies.

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  • Poster for I Accidentally Wrote a Book

    I Accidentally Wrote a Book 2025

    Nina loves to make up stories, she wants to become a writer. Though she has her creative talent from her filmmaker father, there’s just one problem: Her clumsy magician brother Junior is bored of her stories. And since her mother died early, it’s difficult for Nina when a new love comes into her dad’s life. With the guidance of a bohemian writer next door, Nina uses writing to process the loss of her mother and open her heart to a new family member and first love. And suddenly, Nina realizes, her life is becoming a novel!

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  • Poster for Willy the Sparrow

    Willy the Sparrow 1989

    Vili fakes illness so he doesn't have to take a math test. Instead, he starts shooting at sparrows from the window with an air rifle. The kindly old lady who feeds the birds turns out to be a real-life fairy who tries to turn Vili into a good boy.

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  • Poster for Toldi

    Toldi 2022

    Animated version of a famous Hungarian epic tale by János Arany. Through the story of Miklós Toldi, we witness a brutal young man learning to master his strength and inner struggles to become King Louis I’s most famous knight. Toldi clashes with his scheming elder brother and travels from the marshlands to 14th-century Pest, fighting every challenge to prove his honor. His journey of self-discovery and courage unfolds against the rich backdrop of the chivalric world and the Hungarian plains.

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  • Poster for That Lovely Green Grass

    That Lovely Green Grass 1979

    Misu is spending his summer holiday in an old block of flats in Budapest. The caretaker of the house, Poldi, a park attendant by occupation, is going to retire in a few days and he is afraid to think ahead of the years to come without grass and trees. An idea comes to Misu to spend the summer in an active way. He organises a working party to sod the inner court of the block of flats they live in. To achieve his plan, he has to make alliances with some people and to win the opponent to the idea, namely Kamilla, an insurance consultant. Their assistants in this mission will be the dustman and the coal deliverer and Piroska, a girl spending her holyday at Kamilla's.

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  • Poster for A dzsungel könyve – 25 éves jubileumi előadás

    A dzsungel könyve – 25 éves jubileumi előadás 2021

    Who can sum up the story of Mowgli, raised by wolves, Bagheera, freed from the cage of men, Baloo, a wise teacher of the law, the mysterious Ka, and Shere Khan, thirsty for revenge and human blood? It tells of birth and death, of acceptance and rejection, of team and loneliness, of the magic of childhood and adolescence - of everything that can happen to a "cub", whether raised among wolves or humans.

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  • Poster for Misi Mókus kalandjai

    Misi Mókus kalandjai 1984

    Misi Mókus was born in the spacious, comfortable den of a huge tree in the forest with his four little brothers and sisters. He was the liveliest and the biggest of the four. He could be distinguished from his siblings not only by his features, but also by a peculiar characteristic: his tail was black. Although there are species of squirrel that have black fur, Misi's family belonged to the red squirrel family. Father Squirrel was angry enough to say - Red squirrels have red tails. If it's black, it's caused by some bad spell.The parents asked Uncle Squirrel Squirrel for advice on what to do about Misi's boys' black tails. The wise old Squirrel Squirrel predicted good luck for his boys.

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  • Poster for Bogyó és Babóca 4. - Tündérkártyák

    Bogyó és Babóca 4. - Tündérkártyák 2020

    In the fourth part of the Berry and Baby series of cartoons, Snail Boy and Ladybird explore the world through new adventures. Find out who has the best shells collected by Ugri and Szellő on the beach, how the wheelchair-bound Moonbird gets to the cricket concert alone, or what happens when big and small play football together. The story "The Drawing of the Hazel" shows that what one person thinks is ugly can be seen as beautiful by another, while the episode "The Bubbles and the Fairy Card" shows how conflicts between kindergarteners can be resolved.

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  • Poster for Thorn Castle

    Thorn Castle 2012

    Tutajos is an excellent student whose parents decide to reward his academic achievements with a vacation to the countryside. Robbed of his gadgets and easy city-lifestyle, Tutajos finds himself completely out of his element – until a goodhearted ranger named Matula teaches him how to get back to nature. As Tutajos’ best friend Bütyök joins him on his vacation, the two boys learn the joys of camping, hunting, and living off of the land.

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  • Poster for Bowler Hat and Red Nose

    Bowler Hat and Red Nose 1978

    Members of the Wild Goose patrol decide to find the little monkeys stolen from the Zoo. They try to make up for what the unruly adults messed up. They keep bumping into the disguised damned ice-cream vendor, the intriguing Bagaméri, who would like to get the reward set for the finder of the monkeys.

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  • Poster for Hugo the Hippo

    Hugo the Hippo 1975

    The Sultan of Zanzibar has a harbor infested with sharks, which makes it impossible for ships to trade with him. In an attempt to fix the problem, he brings twelve hippos into the harbor to keep the sharks away. His idea works well enough, but once the hippos are no longer a novelty and the people no longer feed them, they begin to starve. After the hungry hippos rampage through the city looking for food, Aban-Khan, the king's adviser, slaughters all the hippos except one, a little hippo named Hugo.

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  • Poster for Tiny Heroes

    Tiny Heroes 1997

    A heartwarming story about a group of small, seemingly insignificant creatures who discover their inner strength and courage, banding together as a team to overcome significant challenges, demonstrating the importance of responsibility and the power of working together, even when faced with seemingly insurmountable odds.

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  • Poster for Forward!

    Forward! 2002

    The story setup in the late Communist era. Two school boys are best friends. One's Father is a mighty communist party secretary, the other is an anti-communist rebel.

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  • Poster for Vacations on the Dead Street

    Vacations on the Dead Street 1978

    A group of children are spending their summer in the newly built district which doesn't have any attractions...

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  • Poster for Hi, Junior!

    Hi, Junior! 1971

    Everyone loves little Junior, but nobody has time for him. So Junior decides to find Time with the help of his friends - dwarves.

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  • Poster for The Baby and the Rascals

    The Baby and the Rascals 1984

    A group of Hungarian children and a taxicab driver try to return a lost baby to his sightseeing Swedish parents.

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  • Poster for Bogyó és Babóca 3. - Játszótársak

    Bogyó és Babóca 3. - Játszótársak 2014

    Like the previous two series, Peanut and Baby 3 - Playmates tells the story of the experiences of Peanut, Baby and their little friends in 13 episodes. In addition to the familiar characters, there are new ones to meet: the hatless Mushroom, the mysterious Star Girl, the horned bunny and the Croissant. The voices of the characters are once again lent by Judit Pogány, so that now there are more than a hundred different voices in the Bogyó und Babóca stories. Episodes: Sunflowers, Pebbles, Fluffy skis, Puppet theatre, Scooter, Spherical tower, Mushroom hat, Football match, Eggs, Bad dream, Mushrooms, Starry house, Parlour game.

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  • Poster for Boxi, a kincs nyomában

    Boxi, a kincs nyomában 2019

    The strange stories of Boxi, the cardboard dog, and Cartommy the cardboard boy come to life in the imaginery world of a child, built from household waste. All characters in the series can actually be cut and folded from paper.

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  • Bogármese 0

    Once, when the evil armoured graphite beetles ruled the forest, one morning a beautiful flower with healing powers grew in the middle of the meadow, and the magic flower chased the grey beetles back underground. But one day a great storm came and broke the magic flower... The stalk was taken by the hornbill as a prop against the wind. The fallen petals, held above their heads, were carried by various insects fleeing from the rain: one by ants, another by flies, a third by garbage beetles, and a fourth by scarab beetles. The fifth petal went to the Rainbow Beetle, but was spotted by the grey beetles that had escaped from the ground. They almost caught it, bit it on the arm, it escaped, but the sting made it sick. Will his new friend, the Starry-eyed Beetle, be able to reassemble the magic flower in time to cure Rainbow and send the grey beetles back underground? Performed by the KFKI Chamber Ballet, with the participation of students from the Madách Musical Dance School.

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  • Poster for A kuflik és az Akármi

    A kuflik és az Akármi 2021

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  • Poster for Partisans

    Partisans 2016

    The film is the story of a childhood friendship tells the story of the fall of 1959, in Budapest. Jancsika and Feri nine years old, lives put them together in the common events: when Feri protect weaker friend when the marbles wins, but the larger ones lost him, and committed with mischief when the lányöltözőbe peephole and coach to shame them in front of the girls, or partizánosdi loud, which annoy the caretaker day. No idea how dangerous terrain that their friendship is born. One day his father conducted by Feri arrested and hauled away Jancsika father, who was a participant in the events of fifty-six. During the house search find the hole in the national flag, which at that time was enough for the death penalty.

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  • Poster for Dragon and Slippers

    Dragon and Slippers 1990

    Queen Guinevere sadly complains to her beloved handmaiden Peggy that her husband, King Arthur, has neglected her for years. The King spends all his time on the platform of the knight's tower or at the famous 'round table'. The women figure that only the good old wizard Merlin can help. Merlin sends Guinevere a powerful magic potion that will help her win back Arthur's love. The ladies bake the potion into a pudding, but it is accidentally eaten by Arthur's favorite knight, Lancelot. To complicate matters, Peggy is in love with Lancelot, but the knight's overdose of magic causes him to fall madly in love with the queen.

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  • Poster for Giddy Vacations

    Giddy Vacations 1987

    A family of boisterous children expect their father to organize a really exciting holiday. So when the chance comes up of spending it on a boat, the Ramona, it seems that the problem is solved.

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  • Poster for The Undercover Kid

    The Undercover Kid 1997

    Nine-year-old Max Anderson has a big problem: he knows about an evil plot to kill the president, and no one believes him. Adults don’t usually believe in talking dogs, but Max is certain that the tip from the would-be assassin’s pet dog is a sure thing. As he and his human and animal friends set out to put a stop to the sinister plan, his parents, the police, and even his bodyguard discredit his suspicion. When Agent Clyde finally begins to catch on, time is running out, and they must act quickly to save the president’s life. The story reminds us that doing the right thing isn’t always easy, and heroes come in all sizes.

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  • Mézga Aladár különös kalandjai / The Adventures of Aladár Mézga 1974

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  • Poster for Kérem a következőt 1.

    Kérem a következőt 1. 2001

    Collection of episodes of Next Please! released by Tower Video. This is volume one of a five volume set. Episodes in this volume: The ball is about to start, Why does the rabbit run?, A king should not jump!, Crocodile tears, All's well that ends badly, Where are we, in the forest?, New life with new problems, Patience breeds sheep

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  • Három szabó legények 1982

    The Three Tailors' Men is a fairy tale that uses parables and fairy-tale elements to teach children the eternal values of truth and lies. The protagonists are three tailors who are given strange needles, thread and canvas: the person who wears the clothes they have sewn can only tell the truth; lies are far from him.

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  • Poster for Off the Range

    Off the Range 1975

    A comedy about a group of children who are spending summer vacation alone in the nature.

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  • Poster for The Cockerel's Diamond Coin

    The Cockerel's Diamond Coin 1951

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  • Poster for A fantasztikus nagynéni

    A fantasztikus nagynéni 1986

    The protagonist was sent to South America after the war. Now he is back home and wants to meet his old love. At the same time, he takes on the job of looking after his in-laws' children, two very bad boys, while their parents are on holiday abroad. What will become of it? Anyone who meets the "fantastic aunt" at the beginning of the film, as well as Huba and Csaba, will have an inkling.

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  • Poster for A Harum-Scarum Family

    A Harum-Scarum Family 1981

    The intellectual family Faragó lives a bit busy life, but ensures complete autonomy for its members in a tiny flat in Budapest, while the newly rich Belvizis in the neighbourhood have a luxury apartment and a conventional and purposeful life, sentencing their only daughter for solitude.

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  • Poster for A palacsintás király

    A palacsintás király 1973

    King Tobiah, the ruler of the country of Dinom-danom, announces a pancake-making competition for the girls of the area. He is supposed to give his son to the one who makes the best pancakes. As it is in fairy tales: the enterprising girls all fail. Not so for Pigeon-eyed Ladybird, who wins the competition, but she doesn't want the prince... Meanwhile, Derelye, the evil chef who is destroying countries with his gang, is plundering the larder of the country of Dínom-dánom, but Prince Elias (Lajos Balázsovits) is determined to put an end to the wastefulness and thievery. He is aided by Csöröge, the loyal fool, and the pancake-making skills of Kökényeyűű Katica are of great help in the fight.

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  • Poster for Suburban Legend

    Suburban Legend 1957

    The film, depicting life in the tenement houses of Angyalföld in the thirties joins the neorealist currents of Hungarian film. Ambrus Pista, the good humoured, attractive tram conductor is loved by women for his excellent job as well. With his lover, the street-walker Terus they spy upon the neighbour as he beats his wife in jealousy.

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  • Poster for Tessék engem elrabolni

    Tessék engem elrabolni 1980

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  • Poster for Children's Sicknesses

    Children's Sicknesses 1965

    An action packed, brightly colored film depicting the adventures of a six-year-old boy attending school for the first time. He befriends a little girl, Zizi, who becomes his constant companion in a child's world of discovery.

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  • Poster for Hungarian Tales: The Princess' Shoes

    Hungarian Tales: The Princess' Shoes 1981

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  • Poster for It's Summer at Long Last

    It's Summer at Long Last 2002

    When the home where they grew up and spent the best days of their childhood is threatened, a group of kids bands together to try and save it.

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  • Poster for In the Name of Sherlock Holmes

    In the Name of Sherlock Holmes 2011

    Two nerdy boys who call themselves Holmes and Watson spend their summer in a sleepy town where children vanish and reappear unnervingly changed, but the oblivious adults notice nothing. When Watson’s solo detective work hits a dead end, Holmes teams up with their friend Ica to crack the mystery. As strange clues mount, the trio races against time to uncover what’s behind the eerie transformations.

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  • Poster for The Wizard

    The Wizard 1969

    Amazing adventures of a little boy and his friend, the great wizard Chili Chala.

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  • Poster for Me and My Grandpa

    Me and My Grandpa 1954

    A few days from a daily life of a regular school in Hungary during fifties.

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  • Poster for Augusta Feeds Her Child

    Augusta Feeds Her Child 1986

    Augusta tries to pacify her crying infant by feeding it a nutritious meal.

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  • Poster for Legyél te is Bonca!

    Legyél te is Bonca! 1984

    Our old friends Bence the Great Hunter, Andris, aka Mr. Doolittle, the Painter and then Bonca the Bird appear in this film. But then Nora appears and everything goes haywire. The film follows Nora and her mum as they become "Bonca".

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  • Poster for Witches' Sabbath

    Witches' Sabbath 1984

    To celebrate Sleeping Beauty's awakening, the cruel stepmother organises a dress-ball in the Wonder Castle and invites the characters of all tales and their two fathers, the Grimm-brothers. The stepmother announces total peace, but in fact she is preparing for a coup d'état with a phoney prince, a phoney Sleeping Beauty, through intrigue and violence in order to change the tales.

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  • Poster for A Fox's Tale

    A Fox's Tale 2008

    The film is about Little Vuk, the son of the legendary fox who proves its excellent mind and courage.

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  • Poster for A közös kutya

    A közös kutya 1983

    “I need a dog!" says Gabi, the main character in the film, to her parents. Every child has either a dog or a brother or sister! Well, if not a brother or sister, then a dog. I mean, a stray dog. "Who" can be rescued, taken into "shared care", looked after, fed, played with. But what happens when it turns out that the "common dog" - which a group of children have banded together to feed and care for - has a legal owner? And she is an old lady, whose only companion in her loneliness is this dog.

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  • Poster for Egérút

    Egérút 1999

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  • Poster for Hungarian Folk Tales: The Dyer's Apprentice

    Hungarian Folk Tales: The Dyer's Apprentice 2002

    A penniless young boy dreams of marrying the king’s daughter, but he decides not to tell his dream to anyone, not even the king, until the dream comes true.

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  • Poster for A Zsarnok Medve

    A Zsarnok Medve 1956

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  • Poster for The Story of F***

    The Story of F*** 2010

    A frustrated music business executive accidentally creates a band called F**K and has to find a group of talentless no-hopers to take on the music industry and become rock stars.

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  • Poster for Telefonpapa

    Telefonpapa 1982

    Andris, the film's protagonist, may have said his first words into a phone receiver. And for good reason: his father calls to check on his health, his mother calls to give him instructions about his lunch. Is it any wonder that Andris also makes friends over the phone?

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  • Poster for The Amazing Water Spider

    The Amazing Water Spider 1983

    This is the story of the water spider, which, unlike land spiders, does not weave its web in the corners of rooms or in the tops of trees or bushes, but in the water.

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  • Poster for The Greedy Bee

    The Greedy Bee 1959

    A naughty worker bee goes against the hive's warnings.

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  • A hét varázsdoboz 1985

    The magic boxes of the sound merchant captain are stolen from Hiziapisi by a bearded gentleman. With the help of Heziapiszi's Bag of Bones, they embark on a major investigation and find the box containing seven bird sounds in a row. Finally, Hiziapiszi and his companions donate all the bird sounds to a sick little boy to bring the sounds of the forest into his room.

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  • Csodakarikás 1987

    The widowed king was bewitched by the beauty of the devils' lover. The new queen wants to create the opportunity for the devils to gain power on earth. Only one man can stop their plan: John, who can do anything with his miraculous magic.

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  • Poster for Csipike, az óriás törpe

    Csipike, az óriás törpe 1984

    Tweety, the forest elf, is convinced that life would stop without him. But he has to learn the hard way: it's good to know your place in the world.

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  • A hiba nem az almában van 1981

    The relationship between a man and a woman is an evergreen subject, the subject of countless tragedies and comedies. This programme tells hilarious stories, most of which are very much of today, but which go back to the Garden of Eden: if men had not written the story of creation, would Eve have been the cause of the "Fall"? The debate is indecisive, since women and men always look for the fault in each other and not in themselves. The fault is never in the "apple". And Adam and Eve always eat the apple together.

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  • Öcsi, a sztár 1988

    Öcsi adores Sarolta, the prettiest girl in class. Öcsi wants to woo her, but how? Take her bag, kidnap her in a Mercedes, serenade her? In this cheerful film with music and dance, scenes alternate between real and imaginary.

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  • Poster for Ábel a rengetegben

    Ábel a rengetegben 1994

    The film is set in Transylvania in the 1920s, a region that was then part of Romania under the peace treaties following the First World War. The protagonist, Abel, is a resourceful teenage boy who is forced to leave his parents and his home because of poverty. His father accompanies him to the snowy mountains, where he is the guardian of a forest owned by the bank of a neighbouring town, where he oversees the firewood that is being harvested. Up there, he has only himself to rely on. Áron Tamási's beautiful story is about the relationship between man and nature, man and man.

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  • Poster for Tales of King Matthias

    Tales of King Matthias 1984

    The thirteen animated films in Tales of King Matthias are a tribute to the work of perhaps the most demanding animation team in the country, the artists of the Kecskemét Studio.

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  • Poster for The Real Santa

    The Real Santa 2005

    On 6 December, Misu is hired as a Santa Claus advertiser for a department store. On that same winter day, Liza runs away from the orphanage because once upon a time, her mum promised her that when she turned 8, she would get a bicycle from Santa Claus. Liza unexpectedly walks up to Misu and asks for the bike. But Misu, the selfish bar pianist, has no intention of buying a bike, and Liza won't let him go until he gets his wish.

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  • Poster for The Secret of the Old Mine

    The Secret of the Old Mine 1973

    A story about the adventures of children who live in a small village near the state border.

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  • The Flying Suitcase 1989

    The actress is always lonely, she has nobody to love. She adopts a young boy from the orphanage, who formerly arrived on Earth by a flying suitcase and a policeman took him to the orphanage. The actress would be willing to adopt him, but there is no hope for this at the beginning.

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  • Poster for Augusta Makes Herself Beautiful

    Augusta Makes Herself Beautiful 1983

    Augusta tries everything in order to make herself look beautiful.

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