Based on the stories of Hungarian writer Gyula Krúdy, this film is a lush and sensuous depiction of the life, loves and memories of serial seducer Szindbád. As the protagonist looks back on his life, past and present, imagination and reality flow inseparably into one another.
Cinematography
Sándor Sára's golden, memory-drenched imagery is breathtaking.
Direction
Huszárik's associative editing feels like someone else's fever dream.
Score
Zoltán Jeney's music haunts between reverie and regret.
Director
Zoltán Huszárik
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Latinovits, a towering Hungarian actor, died by suicide months after filming; his haunted performance gained unbearable retrospect.
Krúdy's original stories were banned under communist rule for 'decadence'; this 1971 adaptation was a scandalous rehabilitation.
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