Directing

Sándor Simó

Born August 7, 1934 · Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)

Died September 4, 2001 · aged 67

Sándor Simó was a prominent Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and producer. He graduated from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics in 1957 with a degree in chemical engineering and later pursued film directing at the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest, graduating in 1964. Simó's directorial works include Those Who Wear Glasses (1969), which won the Golden Leopard at the Loc…

Known For

SunshineSunshine · 1999
Sunshine
6.41999
MovieDramaHistory
The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.
Close to LoveClose to Love · 1999
Close to Love
5.71999
MovieDramaRomance
A love story between a young, policeman and a Chinese immigrant girl, who speak no common language.
The Shadow CenturyThe Shadow Century · 1993
The Shadow Century
7.01993
MovieDramaMusic
A drugsploitation film by the Hungarian director András Dér
DialogueDialogue · 1963
Dialogue
7.01963
MovieDrama
The film depicts the period between 1945-60 through the life of a communist couple. Barna Judit, just released from a concentration camp and Horváth László, with an illegal past are brought together by the communist movement. They study and make plans together in the hope of a future that will make sense. The marriage they just entered, however, gets ruined soon by the events of history.
Gangster FilmGangster Film · 1999
Gangster Film
6.01999
MovieActionAdventure
1979. Gábor H. works in a law enforcement institution. He robs a bank branch, gets into jail. 1989. Gábor H. and the similarly unemployed Sanyi want to get money by robbing.
Elie Wiesel Goes HomeElie Wiesel Goes Home · 1997
Elie Wiesel Goes Home
9.01997
MovieDocumentaryHistory
A documentary chronicling the adolescent years of Elie Wiesel and the history of his sufferings. Eliezer was fifteen when Fascism brutally altered his life forever. Fifty years later, he returns to Sighetu Marmatiei, the town where he was born, to walk the painful road of remembrance - but is it possible to speak of the unspeakable? Or does Auschwitz lie beyond the capacity of any human language - the place where words and stories run out?
Sticky MattersSticky Matters · 2001
Sticky Matters
7.02001
MovieDrama
A girl is on the skids because of love. A short tempered and passionate young man falls in love with the girl. His emotions are so powerful that he is prepared to surrender his whole personality. The boy has a good friend, who is not sure whether their bond is friendly or homosexual. Before the girl arrived, the friendship was close, but now she has thrown a spanner in the works. How do they react to the new situation?
Those Who Wear GlassesThose Who Wear Glasses · 1969
Those Who Wear Glasses
6.01969
MovieDramaRomance
The young Valkó wants to plan a block of apartments that will still be modern fifty years from now. His ambitious plans are continuously rejected by his manipulative and careless superiors. So instead of the modern block of flats he only plans a bachelor apartment.

Filmography

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Cloud Above the River GangesCloud Above the River Ganges · 2002
Cloud Above the River Ganges
5.52002
MovieDrama
András and Juli meet at a desperate moment in their lives, when they have both made a difficult decision, the consequences of which they cannot bear alone. András, a talented but heavily addicted programmer, decides to end his career, while Juli, a budding actress, has left her husband and temporarily her daughter to rethink her life. The two move in together and lock themselves in Andrew's apartment, where he enters his umpteenth detox, while Juli tries to help him with patience and love. In the weeks that follow, they explore the deepest depths of human existence, a hell of fear and humiliation, of physical and mental suffering. The hope of healing can mean new possibilities in the lives of these two men.

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