Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Born Into The Storm 5
6. 2. Growing Up, Film School and 1956 15
7. 3. The Early Films 25
8. 4. The ‘Budapest’ Films 41
9. 5. Tales from Mitteleuropa 54
10. 6. New Europe, New Hungary, New Problems 83
11. 7. ‘The man who comes from somewhere else is always suspect’ 95
12. 8. To Go or Stay? 107
13. 9. Adaptations 117
14. 10. The Controversy Surrounding the Events of 1957 and After 130
15. 11. Szabó, Hungarian Cinema and the Question of Censorship – A Note 135
16. 12. Some Conclusions 140
17. Notes 149
18. Filmography 152
19. Bibliography 166
20. Index 175