Memories of a River

Hungarian language program.

The film will be preceded by an introduction by composer Marcell Dargay, curator of the Átlátszó Hang New Music Festival.

Program: Memories of a River Hungarian film, 1989, 147 minutes

This event of the Átlátszó Hang Filmklub is dedicated to the recently deceased film director Judit Elek remembers with his film Tutajosok, shot in 1989. The film deals with the events of the infamous Tiszaeszlár trial that took place in 1892-93, similar to Miklós Erdély’s film Verzió a decade earlier. The interesting thing about the work is that its music was composed by Péter Eötvös, using motifs by György Kurtág: in this way, the screening of this rarely seen film work is also connected to the Eötvös evening to be held at the Hungarian Music House, as well as to the series of events celebrating György Kurtág, who will be turning 100 in 2026.

Cast:
Pál Hetényi, András Stohl, Sándor Gáspár, Franciszek Pieczka, Tamás Fodor, Róbert Koltai, Andor Lukáts, Zoltán Mucsi, János Ács, Tamás Erőss, Györgyi Tarján, Miklós Székely B., István Mészáros

Director: Judit Elek
Screenwriter: Judit Elek, Péter Nádas
Cinematographer: Gábor Halász
Editor: Katalin Kabdebo
Musician: Péter Eötvös, György Kurtág
Dramaturge: Zsuzsa Bíró
Costume: Erzsébet Mihalkovszky
Set design: Tamás Banovich
Sound engineer: György Kovács
Production manager: András Ozorai
 

Registration
 
Admission to the program is free, but registration is required, and we can accept a maximum of 80 applicants for the screening. Register by email at papp.krisztina@bmc.hu, deadline: January 9, 2026, 12:00. We will send a response letter for both successful and unsuccessful registrations.

Supporter
With the friendly support of Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation.

The film print is provided by the National Film Institute Hungary.