Kastélyok lakói und Meddig él az ember?

Kastélyok lakói

KASTÉLYOK LAKÓI shows the clash between old structures and Hungary’s socialist present. “In 1966, I made the documentary KASTÉLYOK LAKÓI about five castles in Gödöllő that used to be the Habsburgs’ royal residence. When I filmed there, parts of the building had been repurposed, converted into an old people’s home and a Russian barrack. Everything was in a very run-down state. Dilapidated palaces in which old, confused people lived who still had their own opinions about the world and fateful stories to tell. And behind them, one can still see the baroque facades and snow-white fireplaces in the film.” (Judit Elek)

Meddig él az ember?

Elek made her feature-length debut with the two-part film MEDDIG ÉL AZ EMBER?. She starts out by observing a factory worker’s last days on the job and his physical and mental decline after retirement before shifting to his replacement, a young man just beginning his professional training. The film won the main prize at the Oberhausen Short Film Festival and screened at the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes in 1968 (“The last film to be screened before Truffaut and Godard tore down the curtain and the revolution started.” – Judit Elek) and today is one of Elek’s more well known works.

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