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Lajos Koltai is a Director, Director of Photography and Cinematography Hongrois born on 2 april 1946 at Budapest (Hongrie)
Lajos Koltai, ASC, HSC, (born 2 April 1946 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian cinematographer and film director best known for his work with legendary Hungarian director Istvan Szabo, and Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 2000 for his work on the film Malèna.
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Lajos Koltai, ASC, HSC, (born 2 April 1946 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian cinematographer and film director best known for his work with legendary Hungarian director Istvan Szabo, and Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 2000 for his work on the film Malèna.
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Evening (2007)
Directed by Lajos Koltai
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Vanessa Redgrave, Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Natasha Richardson, Patrick Wilson, Hugh Dancy
Rating63%
The film alternates between two time periods, the 1950s and the present, in which a dying Ann Grant Lord (Vanessa Redgrave) reflects on her past. Her confusing comments about people she never mentioned before leave her daughters, reserved Constance (Natasha Richardson) and restless Nina (Toni Collette), wondering if their mother is delusional.
Fateless (2005)
, 2h14Directed by Lajos Koltai
Origin Hongrie
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Daniel Craig, Piroska Molnár
Rating69%
Un jeune garçon fait l'expérience de la guerre dans ses aspects les plus tragiques (port de l'étoile jaune, rafles, déportation, travaux forcés, dégradations en tout genres, etc.), et dans le même temps, il fait l'apprentissage de la vie et passe de l'enfance au monde adulte (coming of age).
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Relatives (2006)
, 1h50Directed by István Szabó
Genres Drama
Actors Sándor Csányi, Károly Eperjes, Erika Marozsán, Oleg Tabakov, Ferenc Kállai, Piroska Molnár
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56%
Being Julia (2004)
, 1h44Directed by István Szabó
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about television
Actors Annette Bening, Jeremy Irons, Michael Gambon, Shaun Evans, Michael Culkin, Lucy Punch
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69%
Set in London in 1938, the film focuses on highly successful and extremely popular theatre actress Julia Lambert (Annette Bening), whose gradual disillusionment with her career as she approaches middle age has prompted her to ask her husband, stage director Michael Gosselyn (Jeremy Irons), and his financial backer Dolly de Vries (Miriam Margolyes) to close her current production to allow her time to travel abroad. They convince her to remain with the play throughout the summer; and Michael introduces her to Tom Fennel (Shaun Evans), an enterprising American, who confesses his deep appreciation of her work. Seeking the passion missing from her marriage, and anxious to fill the void left when her close friend Lord Charles (Bruce Greenwood) suggested they part ways to avoid scandalous gossip, Julia embarks on a passionate affair with the young man and begins to support him so he may enjoy the glamorous lifestyle to which she has introduced him. Their relationship revives her, sparking a distinct change in her personality. Always hovering in the background and offering counsel is the spirit of her mentor, Jimmie Langton (Michael Gambon), the theatrical manager who gave Julia her start and made her a star, while flesh-and-blood Evie (Juliet Stevenson) serves as her personal maid, dresser, and confidante.
Max (2002)
, 1h46Directed by Menno Meyjes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Peinture, Hitler, Political films
Actors John Cusack, Noah Taylor, Leelee Sobieski, Molly Parker, Ulrich Thomsen, Kevin McKidd
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63%
The year is 1918, and Max Rothman (John Cusack), a fictional Munich art dealer, is a veteran of the Third Battle of Ypres, where he lost his right arm during the latter stages of World War I, effectively ending his career as a painter. He returns to Germany and opens a modern art gallery. He is married to Nina (Molly Parker), but also has a mistress, Liselore von Peltz (Leelee Sobieski). Through a chance encounter, Rothman is approached by a young Adolf Hitler (Noah Taylor), a war veteran as well, disgruntled over Germany's loss during the conflict and the country's humiliation by the signing of the Versailles Treaty; Hitler wishes to have his artwork drawings displayed.
Taking Sides (2002)
, 1h48Directed by István Szabó
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgård, Moritz Bleibtreu, Birgit Minichmayr, Ulrich Tukur, Oleg Tabakov
Roles Director of Photography
Rating70%
In Berlin at the end of World War II, Wilhelm Furtwängler (Stellan Skarsgård) is conducting Beethoven's 5th Symphony when yet another Allied bomb raid stops the performance. A minister in Hitler's government comes to Furtwängler's dressing room to advise him that he should go abroad, and escape the war. The film then jumps to some time after the Allied victory, and we see U.S. Army General Wallace (R. Lee Ermey) task Major Steve Arnold (Harvey Keitel) with "getting" Furtwängler at his denazification hearing: "Find Wilhelm Furtwängler guilty. He represents everything that was rotten in Germany".
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002)
Directed by Werner Herzog, Jim Jarmusch, Mike Figgis, Wim Wenders, Chen Kaige, Volker Schlöndorff, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jean-Luc Godard, István Szabó, Claire Denis, Spike Lee, Victor Erice, Aki Kaurismäki, Jiří Menzel, Michael Radford
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Musical theatre, Romance
Actors Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Dominic West, Ildikó Bánsági, Alex Descas, Bibiana Beglau, Irm Hermann
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
The Emperor's Club (2002)
, 1h49Directed by Michael Hoffman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about education
Actors Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Embeth Davidtz, Rob Morrow, Purva Bedi, Edward Herrmann
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69%
In 2001, William Hundert, a retired Classics teacher, is flown out to a luxurious resort in the Hamptons owned by one of his former students in order to be the guest of honor in an impromptu reunion. As he gets settled in he reflects on the turn of events in a flashback of his time working at Saint Benedict's Academy, a prestigious preparatory school.
Malena (2000)
, 1h49Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about children, Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Political films
Actors Monica Bellucci, Luciano Federico, Gabriella Di Luzio, Fabrizio Ferracane, Lucia Sardo
Roles Director of Photography
Rating73%
The film begins in Sicily in 1940 during World War II just as Italy enters the war. A young boy, 12-year-old Renato, experiences three major events in one day: First, Italy goes to war; second, he gets a new bike; and third, he first sees the beautiful lady, Malena. Malena's husband, Nino Scordia, has been taken away to fight in Africa and Malena is left alone with her father, an elderly and almost-deaf man. Malena tries to cope with her loneliness, as the town she has moved to tries to deal with this beautiful woman who gets the attention of all the local men, including Renato. However, in spite of the gossip, she continues to be faithful to her husband. Renato becomes obsessed with Malena and starts fantasizing about her. His fantasies become increasingly elaborate and he becomes obsessed with the shy young woman, peeping in her window often as she waits sadly for her beloved husband to return. Renato eventually steals Malena's underwear and begins to fantasize about her in bed, to the horror of his parents. They do everything to stop his behavior, but it is all in vain.
Sunshine (1999)
, 3h1Directed by István Szabó
Origin Hongrie
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle, Hanns Zischler, Deborah Kara Unger
Roles Director of Photography
Rating74%
The 19th-century patriarch of the Hungarian-Jewish Sonnenschein family is a tavern owner, who distills and makes his own popular liquor in Austria-Hungary. From the recipe, the liquor, called "Taste of Sunshine," is commercially made by the next generation of the family who gain great wealth and prestige from the business. That generation of the family lives many happy and privileged years and the children are highly educated. The oldest son, Ignatz (the first of 3 generational roles played by Ralph Fiennes), a fast rising judge, falls in love and has an affair with his first cousin, Valerie (Jennifer Ehle), against his father's wishes. The second son, Gustave (James Frain), becomes a medical doctor. Ignatz is asked by a chief judge to change his Jewish surname if he wishes to be promoted within the judiciary. Ignatz, his brother, and his cousin Valerie all happily change their last name to Sors - a "more Hungarian" name.
The Legend of 1900 (1998)
, 2h3Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Piano, Films based on plays
Actors Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Mélanie Thierry, Bill Nunn, Clarence Williams III, Peter Vaughan
Roles Director of Photography
Rating80%
The story is told in medias res as a series of flashbacks. Max Tooney, a musician, enters a secondhand music shop just before closing time, broke and badly in need of money. He has only a Conn trumpet, which he sells for less than he had hoped. Clearly torn at parting from his prized possession, he asks to play it one last time. The shopkeeper agrees, and as the musician plays, the shopkeeper immediately recognizes the song from a broken record matrix he found inside a recently acquired secondhand piano. He asks who the piece is by, and Max tells him the story of 1900.
Mother (1997)
, 1h44Directed by Albert Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about writers, Films about families, Psychologie, Psychanalyse
Actors Debbie Reynolds, Paul Collins, Albert Brooks, Rob Morrow, Vanessa Williams, Isabel Glasser
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68%
John Henderson (Albert Brooks) is a successful science fiction writer who is finalizing his second divorce. Perplexed by the issues he has with women, John decides to initiate a project that will help him understand what went wrong in his relationships—he moves back in with his mother (Debbie Reynolds), occupying the same bedroom he had as a child.
Out to Sea (1997)
, 1h42Directed by Martha Coolidge
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Rue McClanahan, Dyan Cannon, Brent Spiner, Elaine Stritch
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Compulsive gambler Charlie Gordon, hiding out from his various bookies and loan sharks, cons his close friend and brother-in-law, widower Herb Sullivan, whose recently deceased wife, Susie Gordon-Sullivan, was Charlie's sister, into an all expenses-paid luxury Holland America cruise. The catch, which Charlie does not reveal to Herb until the ship has left port, is that they are required to work as dance hosts and must sleep in a cramped cabin in the bowels of the ship.
Home for the Holidays (1995)
, 1h43Directed by Jodie Foster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., Claire Danes, Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning, Dylan McDermott
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
Claudia Larson is a single mom who has just been fired from her job as an art restorer due to budget cuts. She flies from Chicago to spend Thanksgiving at the Baltimore home of her parents, Adele and Henry Larson, while her only child Kitt decides to stay home and spend the holiday with her boyfriend. Kitt informs Claudia that she intends to have sex with her boyfriend for the first time.
Just Cause (1995)
, 1h42Directed by Arne Glimcher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Capshaw, Blair Underwood, Ed Harris, Ruby Dee
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63%
Paul Armstrong (Sean Connery), a liberal Harvard professor opposed to capital punishment, is persuaded to go to Florida, to investigate the conviction of Bobby Earl Ferguson (Blair Underwood) for murder. Ferguson, a former Cornell University student, is a highly intelligent, charming, and articulate black man who was convicted of raping and murdering a young white girl. Armstrong must save him from being executed in the electric chair. Ferguson tells Armstrong that he was tortured by two police detectives to get a confession. As Armstrong digs deeper into the case, he discovers that Tanny Brown (Laurence Fishburne), the chief detective on the case, did indeed coerce Ferguson's confession.