Sirius (1942)

Original title

Szíriusz

Directed by

Dezső Ákos Hamza

Genre

romance film

Country

Hungary

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A romantic science fiction story from Hungary. It follows characters caught between love and a strange future world. The film mixes old-fashioned romance with speculative ideas.

romanticfuturisticmelancholicdreamlikeslow-burnvisually stylizedyearningwistful

What happens

Sirius (Hungarian: Szíriusz) is a 1942 Hungarian science fiction film directed by Dezső Ákos Hamza and starring Katalin Karády, László Szilassy and Elemér Baló. It is based on the 1894 novel of the same title by Ferenc Herczeg and the 1910 theatre adaptation by Imre Földes. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Klára B. Kokas. It premiered at the wartime 1942 Venice Film Festival, the last held under the regime of Benito Mussolini. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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