25 Fireman's Street

25 Fireman's Street

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 27, 1973

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Drama, Romance, History

User Score

54%

Original Title

Tűzoltó utca 25.

Production Companies

Budapest Filmstúdió, Hungarofilm

Director

István Szabó

Description

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.