Beliebte und unbeliebte Filme in Ungarn
Popular and unpopular Films in Hungary

Summary/Abstract: The relatively liberal cultural policy in Hungary - in comparison to other Eastern European countries (except Yugoslavia and maybe Poland) - allows Western films to a certain extent. But compared to these Western products, domestic and Soviet films must at least balance each other. The new Hungarian film has made some notable achievements and is internationally acclaimed; consequently, citing Hungarian film in the feuilleton reproduced below as an example of works avoided by Hungarian audiences is not entirely justified. Due to the necessary consideration for the sensitivity of the big brother Soviet Union, this procedure is understandable, even politically necessary: Hungarian films are cited, but every Hungarian knows that it is the Soviet films that find no viewers.

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