Béla Tarr Trailers
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Béla Tarr (July 21, 1955 – January 6, 2026) was a Hungarian filmmaker. Much of his work is marked by philosophical elements and a pessimistic view of humanity. His films utilize unconventional storytelling methods, such as long takes and/or non-professional actors to achieve realism.
Debuting with Family Nest in 1979, Tarr underwent a period of what he refers to as "social cinema", aimed at telling mundane stories about ordinary people, often in the style of cinema vérité. Over the next decade, the cinematography of Tarr's films gradually changed; Damnation (1988) was shot with languid camera movement aimed at establishing ambience. It marked Tarr's earliest experimentation with philosophical themes, focused mostly on bleak and desolate representations of reality. Sátántangó (1994) and Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) continued this approach; both are considered by some critics to be among the greatest films ever made. Tarr would later compete in the 2007 Cannes Film Festival with his film The Man From London.
Frequent collaborators of Tarr include his wife Ágnes Hranitzky, novelist László Krasznahorkai, film composer Mihály Víg, cinematographer Fred Kelemen, and actress Erika Bók. After the release of his film The Turin Horse (2011), Tarr announced his definitive retirement from film direction. He has been teaching at the Sarajevo Film School since.
Tarr died on 6 January 2026 following a long and serious illness.
Most Popular Béla Tarr Trailers
Total trailers found: 57
15 September 2015
An abandoned tumbledown theater in the outback of Paraíba state is the initial setting of a film about cinema, which explores the testimonials of the novelist and playwright Ariano Suassuna and other filmmakers such as Ruy Guerra, Julio Bressane, Ken Loach, Andrzej Wajda, Karim Ainouz, José Padilha, Hector Babenco, Vilmos Zsigmond, Béla Tarr, Gus Van Sant and Jia Zhangke.
13 March 2016
A stranger arrives in Sarajevo and barges into Damir's reclusive world. Little by little she takes over his life.
12 August 2021
An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. When they discover a mysterious newborn on their land, they decide to keep it and raise it as their own.
28 April 1994
Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering.
01 August 2018
A filthy Con-Man stumbles into an old Balkan village where he tries to win the people by calling himself a doctor.
01 January 1981
Diplomafilm is a short film that Béla Tarr made to graduate from Art School, in 1981. It is the predecessor of The Prefab People, with the same plot and the same actors, but with some changes in the plot.
01 February 2001
A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.
18 April 2024
The arrival of a stray horse triggers a series of events in Bernicia’s life that alters her world as she slowly takes on the persona of a cowboy.
02 February 2012
Anthology film made as an act of protest against Hungarian government of Viktor Orban.
31 March 2011
A look at the monotonous daily struggle of a father and daughter in a windswept, desolate landscape. Over six days, their routine of eating boiled potatoes and tending a failing horse crumbles, symbolizing a slow descent into darkness, emptiness, and the end of existence.
04 February 2012
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on.
10 November 2018
Twenty well-known Hungarian artists - 10 right-wing (said to be) and 10 left-liberal (said to be) writers, directors, actors, musicians talk about the regime change and what has happened to us here in the last 30 years.
20 October 1988
Karrer plods his way through life in quiet desperation. His environment is drab and rainy and muddy. Eaten up with solitude, his hopelessness would be incurable but for the existence of the Titanik Bar and its beautiful, haunting singer.
28 September 1990
In the dense and murky woodlands of provincial Hungary, the search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession enshrouded by irresolution and despair, even long after he has been taken off the case.
09 December 1982
Using verite conventions, a young couple with a baby and a child are worn away by the monotony of their lives.
17 September 2011
A film within a film within a film within a fish.
24 September 2008
A switchman at a seaside railway witnesses a murder but does not report it after he finds a suitcase full of money at the scene of the crime.
01 July 2024
En route to the annual G7 summit, the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest liberal democracies get lost in the woods and face increasing peril while attempting to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis.
16 March 1982
Consistent of only two long shots, three witches predict that Macbeth will ascend to the throne of Scotland.
26 July 2016
Two starving kids find a dead body in the ruins during the apocalypse.
30 November 2014
The experiment presents a cinematic poem to filmmaking and film itself. Directed by eleven filmmakers, all under the vision of Bela Tarr's 'film.
01 May 2004
Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.
26 January 1990
A kaleidoscopic panorama of the world. A visual anthology of twelve short stories by twelve innovative directors from all over the world.
15 August 1984
In this dense setting, the inhabitants of a large, claustrophobic apartment reveal their darkest secrets, fears, obsessions and hostilities.
15 September 1987
Zoltai is a Hungarian professor who returns home after a visit to the United States. Following a television interview, he commits suicide and leaves a note for his longtime friend Dr.
15 February 2025
"My goal is not education, but liberation." In February 2024, a filmmaking workshop takes place in Fukushima under the guidance of the Hungarian master, Béla Tarr.
24 February 1981
A talented but irresponsible violinist ruins his marriage with his drinking and antisocial behaviour.
01 May 2004
A 5 minute dolly shot of people waiting in line for food filmed in beautiful black and white accompanied by music by Mihály Vig.
27 September 2018
A man, a child, two wars, a river, a tree. A man and a child meet under a tree on a river bank, sharing the same memory and a secret.
16 August 2019
On her regular day at work, Paola starts to feel that she is missing out something exciting.
22 December 2008
Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr and film critic Howard Feinstein discuss his innovative filmography, punctuated by clips from his films.
01 January 1978
Documentary about a hostel for workers. An old worker suspected of stealing a motor gets fired from the factory and must leave the hostel.
10 November 2005
Johanna, a young drug addict, falls into a deep coma after an accident. Doctors miraculously manage to save her from death's doorstep.
13 August 2021
A world in lock-down. As a global pandemic unfolds, 13 international filmmakers pen cinematic letters from their places of isolation, whether home or far from home.
05 March 1984
An enterprising young man who practices medicine, striving to win the affection of his beloved, vows to cure her mother of a serious illness.
06 November 2025
A brother and sister return home from the capital for Christmas to reunite with childhood friends and first loves.
15 April 2014
A documentary about the making of The Turin Horse, the last film directed by Hungarian master Béla Tarr.
01 June 2023
The story of a mother who now needs the full-time care of her son who struggles to keep giving it.
08 February 2024
Sensitive and bird-like Árni works as a handyman at a small and dingy traveling circus touring in rural areas.
25 January 1979
A family slowly disintegrates under various pressures in late 1970s communist Hungary.
28 February 1965
Based on Tolstoy's short novel, The Death of Ivan Ilyich was made with Lajos Básti in the great title role of the St Petersburg forensic judge.
13 December 2007
In the closed world of a Catholic monastery shortly after World War II the post-war insecurity exacerbates the walls.
21 October 2017
Miners in a Bosnian coal mine. The camera silently watches over the miners working tirelessly amidst endless noise and the flickering light of lanterns.
01 January 2014
A cowherd, sheep, and the wind, all have an equal presence in the village. Death and life are one and indivisible.
01 January 2001
A portrait film in which the actors often employed by Fehér (Ferenc Kállai, Péter Haumann and Ildikó Bánsági, respectively) testify with love and respect about the artist's creative method and his pursuit of perfection.
31 May 2023
This short doc was made during Béla Tarr's Masterclass under his mentorship. The film follows a day in the life of a Roma family in rural Hungary.
31 December 2007
This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form.
25 January 1990
The last ship (Utolsó hajó) is leaving the quay. Sirens are sounding.
21 January 2017
A young boy plays an accordion in a shopping mall. Béla Tarr picks up the camera one more time to shoot his very last scene.
21 June 2025
In this hypnotic odyssey, the ancient monasteries of Armenia’s highlands bear traces of epochs past.
22 October 1998
A woman and her lover plot to kill her older husband.
18 February 2025
A troubled young woman confronts her past at a rehabilitation centre. She finds solace in horse therapy but her growing intimacy with her therapist derails her progress and threatens her healing journey.
01 January 1979
A student film by Béla Tarr, from 1979. Presumed lost until very recently.
01 January 1995
Revisits of locations on the Great Hungarian Plain - the puszta - that were used in Tarr's Sátántangó and Werckmeister harmóniák.
13 June 2019
Presents moving images of society’s outsiders, the impoverished and oppressed, whose lives are contrasted with the opulent surroundings of contemporary Vienna.
