Béla Tarr Movies

In this dense setting, the inhabitants of a large, claustrophobic apartment reveal their darkest secrets, fears, obsessions and hostilities.

Zoltai is a Hungarian professor who returns home after a visit to the United States. Following a television interview, he commits suicide and leaves...

In this hypnotic odyssey, the ancient monasteries of Armenia’s highlands bear traces of epochs past. Landscapes give way to soundscapes, and...

Twenty well-known Hungarian artists - 10 right-wing (said to be) and 10 left-liberal (said to be) writers, directors, actors, musicians talk about...

A talented but irresponsible violinist ruins his marriage with his drinking and antisocial behaviour.

A woman and her lover plot to kill her older husband.

A man, a child, two wars, a river, a tree. A man and a child meet under a tree on a river bank, sharing the same memory and a secret. They find in...

A kaleidoscopic panorama of the world. A visual anthology of twelve short stories by twelve innovative directors from all over the world.

The story of a mother who now needs the full-time care of her son who struggles to keep giving it.

An enterprising young man who practices medicine, striving to win the affection of his beloved, vows to cure her mother of a serious illness. To...

In the closed world of a Catholic monastery shortly after World War II the post-war insecurity exacerbates the walls. A new world order has arrived....

Juli (26), an anxious and introverted woman, falls in love with the free-spirited Noá (32), and finds herself in a lesbian relationship for...

A young boy plays an accordion in a shopping mall. Béla Tarr picks up the camera one more time to shoot his very last scene. It is his anger...

The experiment presents a cinematic poem to filmmaking and film itself. Directed by eleven filmmakers, all under the vision of Bela Tarr's...

Based on Tolstoy's short novel, The Death of Ivan Ilyich was made with Lajos Básti in the great title role of the St Petersburg forensic...

The last ship (Utolsó hajó) is leaving the quay. Sirens are sounding.

Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr and film critic Howard Feinstein discuss his innovative filmography, punctuated by clips from his films.

A 5 minute dolly shot of people waiting in line for food filmed in beautiful black and white accompanied by music by Mihály Vig. This short...

A cowherd, sheep, and the wind, all have an equal presence in the village. Death and life are one and indivisible.

A filthy Con-Man stumbles into an old Balkan village where he tries to win the people by calling himself a doctor.