01 Jan 1994
Message of Stones - Budapest
The first film in Miklós Jancsó's documentary series Message of Stones.
Negative history of Hungarian cinema
Reconstructions of unrealized Hungarian films in cooperation with the greatest Hungarian film directors.
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Lilla Mátis Self
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