Directed by:
Ildikó EnyediScreenplay:
Ildikó EnyediCinematography:
Tibor MáthéCast:
Sadie Frost, Andor Lukáts, György Bárdy, Tibor Bitskey, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Zoltán Gera, Mathias Gnädinger, Eszter Csákányi, Gary KempPlots(1)
In this modernized version of Webers opera, a medieval Christian mystery-play, the story of a contemporary love triangle in Budapest and the adventures of a satanic secret agent run simultaneously and later collide into each other. All the three parts are framed in the opera performance taking place during the siege of Budapest. Max, the excellent shooter, having made a mistake by killing the hostage instead of the terrorist, receives seven magic bullets from his boss. Of these, six find their target, but the seventh is directed by the Devil himself. Max is assigned a mission: he has to guard a Russian chess player who is endangered by an assassination attempt. Love unfolds between Maxs wife and the chess player, and that seventh bullet would inevitably hit her if miracle did not intervene in the image of the Holy Mother. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Sadie Frost
UK
Best movies:
Dracula (1992)
Uprising (2001) (TV movie)
Magic Hunter (1994)
Andor Lukáts
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
White Palms (2006)
Those Who Remained (2019)
The Wednesday Child (2015)
György Bárdy
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Somewhere in Europe (1948)
The Round-Up (1966)
Cold Days (1966)
Tibor Bitskey
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
The Last Nabob (1966)
Vuk: The Little Fox (1981)
The Fortress (1979)
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Stalker (1979)
Ten Little Indians (1987)
Anna Karenina (1967)
Zoltán Gera
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
Two Half-Times in Hell (1961)
My Way Home (1965)
Mathias Gnädinger
Switzerland
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Journey of Hope (1990)
Magic Hunter (1994)
Eszter Csákányi
Hungary
Best movies:
Bald-Dog-Rock (1981)
Magic Hunter (1994)
Afterlife (2014)
Gary Kemp
UK
Best movies:
The Bodyguard (1992)
Magic Hunter (1994)
Inspector Lewis (2006) (series)