Damnation

Title



Damnation



Year



1988



Rated



N/A



Released



20 Oct 1988



Runtime



120 min



Genre



Crime, Drama, Romance



Director



Béla Tarr



Writer



László Krasznahorkai, Béla Tarr



Actors



Gábor Balogh, János Balogh, Péter Breznyik Berg, Imre Chmelik



Plot



"Kárhozat / Damnation" tells the story of Karrer (Miklos B. Szekely), a depressed man in love with a married woman (Vali Kerekes) who sings at the local bar, Titanik. The singer has broken off their affair, despite her profession of love for him. She wants to improve her life. She dreams of becoming famous, but she herself embodies all of Karrer's hopes and dreams. Karrer is offered smuggling work by Willarsky (Gyula Pauer), the bartender at Titanik. Despite his lack of other prospects, Karrer tries to haggle with Willarsky over his take. Karrer eventually decides to offer the job to the singer's husband, Sebastyen (Gyorgy Cserhalmi), who has fallen on hard times. This gets the husband out of the way for a while, but things don't go as Karrer plans with the singer. There's a big, drunken dance, which everyone in town attends (though one demented soul prefers to dance maniacally in the rain outside). Afterwards, one betrayal falls upon another, leaving Karrer in despair, alienated from all of humanity.



Language



Hungarian



Country



Hungary



Awards



2 wins & 1 nomination.



Metascore



N/A



imdbRating



7.9



imdbVotes



3,939



imdbID



tt0095475



Type



movie



DVD



25 Apr 2006



BoxOffice



N/A



Production



N/A



Website



N/A