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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2021

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Mephisto Mephisto
Mephisto and Preparations To Be Together For An Unknown Period Of Time
Erasing Frank (Country: Hungary; Year: 2021; Director: Gábor Fabricius; Writer: Gábor Fabricius; Stars: Benjamin Fuchs, Andrea Waskovics, Kincsö Blénesi, István Lénárt, András Pál, Zsolt Zayzon, Gerlóczy Zsigmond, Iványi Péter, Levente Orbán, Ildikó Bánsági, Krisztián Peer, Mihály Vig, Lajos Szücs, Andrea Ladányi, János Szirtes)
The singer of a banned punk band is taken to a psychiatric hospital in an attempt to silence him.
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Mephisto (Country: West Germany/Hungary/Austria; Year: 1981; Director: István Szabó; Writer: Peter Dobai, István Szabó, based on the novel by Klaus Mann; Stars: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Ildiko Bansagi, Krystyna Janda, Rolf Hoppe, Gyorgy Cserhalmi, Peter Andorai, Karin Boyd, Christine Harbort, Ildiko Kishonti)
A provincial actor's rise to fame and glory within the protective patronage of Nazi Germany before the war.
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Preparations To Be Together For An Unknown Period Of Time (Country: Hungary; Year: 2020; Director: Lili Horvát; Writer: Lili Horvát; Stars: Natasa Stork, Viktor Bodó, Benett Vilmányi, Zsolt Nagy, Péter Tóth, Andor Lukáts, Attila Mokos, Linda Moshier, Júlia Ladányi, Réka Pelsöczy, Anna Kis, Ernö Sebö, Viktória Végvári, Ádám Bethlenfalvy, János Nemes)
A lonely neurosurgeon falls in love but when she moves to Budapest to be with him, the love of her life says they've never met before.
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