25 Fireman's Street
6.5
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.
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Cast
23 people
Lucyna Winnicka
Maria
Known for
Mother Joan of the Angels
Night Train
Margit Makay
Mother of Maria
Also in
A Very Moral Night
Keserü szerelem
István Szabó
Also in
I Served the King of England
Shem
Zdenkó Tamássy
Luca Karall
Károly Kovács
Father of Maria
Also in
Soldiers of Freedom
The Black City
Tamás Almási
András Bálint
Andris
Known for
Citizen X
Gloomy Sunday
Sándor Sára
Erzsi Pásztor
Erzsi
Known for
An American Rhapsody
János Rózsa
Edit Lenkey
Baba
No other roles listed
István Szabó Director · Luca Karall Writer Zdenkó Tamássy Composer
United States release March 9, 1982 · Produced in Hungary · Production Hungarofilm
Production
Budapest Filmstúdió
Production
Hungarofilm
Production
Hungary
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Tűzoltó utca 25.
Original language
Hungarian
Spoken on screen
Hungarian
Release dates
Hungary · September 27, 1973
Theatrical
United States · March 9, 1982
Theatrical
Czechia
April 1, 2005 · Febio Film Festival
Germany
May 28, 1976
Sweden
April 7, 1975 · TV premiere
Switzerland
August 11, 1974 · Locarno Film Festival
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