25 Fireman's Street(1973)

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.

Genre: Drama, Romance, History

Director: István Szabó

Actors: Lucyna Winnicka, Margit Makay, Károly Kovács, András Bálint, Erzsi Pásztor, Edit Lenkey, Ervin Csomák, János Jani, Zoltán Zelk, Ferenc Albert

Release date: 1973-09-27

Country of origin: Hungary

Length: 1h 37m

Ratings:

• 6.6/10