Satantango
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.
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Cast
37 people
Mihály Víg
Irimiás
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Putyi Horváth
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Székely B. Miklós
Futaki
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Erika Bók
Estike
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László feLugossy
Schmidt
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Alfréd Járai
Halics
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János Derzsi
Kráner
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Irén Szajki
Kránerné
Known for
Werckmeister Harmonies
Éva Almássy Albert
Schmidtné
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Werckmeister Harmonies
The Man from London
Erzsébet Gaál
Halicsné
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Peter Berling
Orvos
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György Barkó
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Werckmeister Harmonies
Béla Tarr Director · László Krasznahorkai Screenplay Péter Dobai Story
Budget $1.5M · United States release October 9, 1994 · Produced in Germany, Hungary, Switzerland
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Budget
$1,500,000
Production
Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion
Production
Vega Film
Production
Mozgókép Innovációs Társulás és Alapítvány
Production
Magyar Televízió
Production
TSR
Production
Germany · Hungary · Switzerland
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Languages
Original title
Sátántangó
Original language
Hungarian
Spoken on screen
Hungarian
Release dates
Hungary · February 8, 1994
Premiere · Hungarian Film Festival
Hungary · April 28, 1994
Theatrical
United States · October 9, 1994
Premiere · New York Film Festival
China
April 18, 2026 · Premiere · Beijing International Film Festival
October 17, 2026 · Premiere · Yangtze River Delta International Youth Film Festival
Germany
February 18, 1994 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Netherlands
December 22, 1994 · Theatrical
April 24, 2013 · Physical · DVD
Taiwan
September 6, 2026 · Limited theatrical
United Kingdom
November 13, 2006 · Physical · DVD
April 27, 2020 · Physical
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