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László Krasznahorkai

Name in Native Language: "Krasznahorkai László" (Hungarian/HU)
Screenwriter / Novelist | * 01/05/1954 (70) | Gyula (Hungary)
László Krasznahorkai (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈlaːsloː ˈkrɒsnɒhorkɒi]; born 5 January 1954) is a Hungarian novelist and screenwriter known for difficult and demanding novels, often labeled postmodern, with dystopian and melancholic themes. Several of his works, including his novels Satantango (Sátántangó, 1985) and The Melancholy of Resistance (Az ellenállás melankóliája, 1989), have been turned into feature films by Hungarian film director Béla Tarr. ()

László Krasznahorkai was born on 5 January 1954, is a Hungarian novelist and screenwriter known for difficult and demanding novels, often labeled postmodern, with dystopian and melancholic themes. Several of his works, notably his novels Satantango (Sátántangó, 1985) and The Melancholy of Resistance (Az ellenállás melankóliája, 1989), have been turned into feature films by Hungarian film director Béla Tarr.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Documentaries

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This story takes place in a small town on the Hungarian Plain. In a provincial town, which is surrounded with nothing else but frost. It is bitterly cold weather — without snow. Even in this bewilde ...

Werckmeister Harmonies

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2000 | 3.9/5 | 2h 19min
Drama
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A monumental windstorm and an abused horse's refusal to work or eat signal the beginning of the end for a poor farmer and his daughter. ...

The Turin Horse

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2011 | 3.9/5 | 2h 35min
Drama
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Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, a ...

Satantango

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1994 | 4.1/5 | 7h 12min
Drama
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Karrer plods his way through life in quiet desperation. His environment is drab and rainy and muddy. Eaten up with solitude, his hopelessness would be incurable but for the existence of the Titanik Ba ...

Damnation

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1988 | 3.8/5 | 1h 56min
Drama, Crime
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Awards & Nominations for László Krasznahorkai

Kossuth Prize International Booker Prize Vilenica International Literary Festival America Award in Literature Laureate of The Hungarian Republic Sándor Márai Prize Zsigmond Móricz Fellowship Prize of The Society of Writers Alföld Prize Preis der SWR-Bestenliste Austrian State Prize for European Literature National Book Award for Translated Literature Prix Formentor International Booker Prize
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Movies with László Krasznahorkai as Actor(1)

as himself2018 The Baron Returns

Movies with László Krasznahorkai as Crew(7)

Writing/Screenplay2011 The Turin Horse
Writing/Screenplay2007 The Man from London
Writing/Author2000 Werckmeister Harmonies
Writing/Writer2000 Werckmeister Harmonies
Writing/Screenplay1994 Satantango
Writing/Novel1994 Satantango
Writing/Writer1988 Damnation

Additional Information

Official websites:
www.krasznahorkai.hu
Citizenship: Hungary
Born: Tuesday, 01/05 1954 (January) in Gyula (Hungary) (current age: 70 years + 113 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: Hungarian (HU)
Educated at: University of Szeged, Eötvös Loránd University
Children: Ágnes Krasznahorkai
László Krasznahorkai frequently works together with these people:
Béla Tarr (12x, Crew)
Ágnes Hranitzky (11x, Crew)
Mihály Víg (7x, Crew)
Gyula Pauer (7x, Crew)
György Kovács (6x, Crew)
Péter Dobai (4x, Crew)
Mihály Kormos (4x, Actor)
János Derzsi (4x, Actor)
Gábor ifj. Erdélyi (3x, Crew)
Sándor Katona (3x, Crew)
Alfréd Járai (3x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:979556, Added: 11/27/2018, Last updated: 04/25/2024