{"product_id":"istvan-szabo-mephisto-colonel-redl-hanussen-hungary-1981-1988-uk-import-limited-edition-blu-ray","title":"István Szabó: Mephisto \/ Colonel Redl \/ Hanussen: Hungary, 1981 - 1988 (UK Import Limited Edition BLU-RAY)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUK Import. Blu-Ray discs are Region Free, should play on any Blu-Ray player.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIstván Szabó is perhaps the best-known of all Hungarian filmmakers, having made hugely successful, Oscar®-winning films in Hungary, Europe and in Hollywood. This Box Set uncovers the most creative and exuberant period of Szabó’s Hungarian cinema, with a trio of exceptional films made in collaboration with actor Klaus Maria Brandauer, writer Péter Dobai and cinematographer Lajos Koltai: Mephisto (1981), Colonel Redl (1985) and Hanussen (1988). These films unravel the conflicts of history, society, and the individual in a rich and dazzlingly audacious, yet personal manner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese important and evermore powerfully relevant films are presented from stunning 4K restorations, and released for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis special edition 3-disc Blu-ray box set contains Szabó's most renowned, award-winning, plus four of his acclaimed, rarely seen short works presented from new HD restorations and released for the first time ever on Blu-ray - and more!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Bold\"\u003eMephisto (1981)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSzabó’s brilliant retelling of the Faust legend centres on a struggling but wildly ambitious actor in 1930s Germany who dispels his political qualms to revel in the adulation he craves. But success, inevitably, comes at a price...\u003cbr\u003eWidely acknowledged as Szabó’s masterpiece, Mephisto is a haunting study in ambition, opportunism, and compromise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Bold\"\u003eColonel Redl (Redl ezredes, 1985)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the years before WW1, the film charts the rise and fall of the brilliant but unscrupulous Alfréd Redl, an ambitious young officer who becomes the head of the Austro-Hungarian Secret Police. Klaus Maria Brandauer’s brilliant performance conveys the emotional complexity of a life destroyed by deceit and moral cowardice, as Redl becomes a prisoner of his own deceptions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Bold\"\u003eHanussen (1988)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on a remarkable true story, Szabó’s third collaboration with Brandauer tracks clairvoyant Hanussen’s rise in parallel with the Nazi regime to dark, mesmerising effect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecial Features:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Bold\"\u003eMephisto (1981), Colonel Redl (1985) and Hanussen (1988) presented from 4K restorations by the National Film Institute Hungary - Film Archive, supervised and approved by cinematographer Lajos Koltai.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Bold\"\u003eFour of István Szabó's acclaimed but rarely seen short film works, newly remastered in HD by the National Film Institute Hungary - Film Archive:\u003cbr\u003e- Variations on a Theme (Variációk egy témára, 1961)\u003cbr\u003e- You (Te, 1963)\u003cbr\u003e- Concert (Koncert, 1963)\u003cbr\u003e- City Map (Várostérkép, 1977).\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Bold\"\u003eIstván Szabó - The Director Answers: A filmed interview with the award-winning filmmaker.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Bold\"\u003eRemembrance of József Romvári: Filmmaker Sophy Romvari's tribute to her grandfather, the production designer József Romvári, with narration by Szabó.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Bold\"\u003eSzabó’s Central Europe: A look at Szabó's Hungarian films.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Bold\"\u003eTrailers\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Bold\"\u003eIndividual booklets each with new writing by Hungarian cinema experts John Cunningham, Peter Hames and Catherine Portuges, plus journalist Stephen Lemons on the real-life Erik Jan Hanussen.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Bold\"\u003eHungarian and German audio options.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Bold\"\u003eNew and improved English subtitle translations.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"Bold\"\u003eUK premieres on Blu-ray.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Second Run","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44876973342920,"sku":"SECONDRUNBD098","price":111.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/files\/IstvanSzabobd.jpg?v=1765853608","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/es\/products\/istvan-szabo-mephisto-colonel-redl-hanussen-hungary-1981-1988-uk-import-limited-edition-blu-ray","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}