Kontroll (2003)

Director:

Nimród Antal

Writers:

Jim Adler (writer)
Nimród Antal (writer)

Release Date:

20 November 2003 (Hungary)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Murder. Mystery. Romance. Just another ride on the subway.

Plot:

A tale about a strange young man, Bulcsú, his fellow inspectors, who are all without exception likeable characters, a rival ticket inspection team, and racing along the tracks... And a tale about love.

Plot Keywords:

Owl | Subway Train | Father Daughter Relationship | Subway Station | Costume

Awards:

17 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Sándor Csányi	...	Bulcsú
Zoltán Mucsi	...	Professor
Csaba Pindroch	...	Muki
Sándor Badár	...	Lecsó
Zsolt Nagy	...	Tibi
Bence Mátyássy	...	Gyalogkakukk (Bootsie)
Gyözö Szabó	...	Shadow
Eszter Balla	...	Szofi
László Nádasi	...	Laci
Péter Scherer	...	Chief
Lajos Kovács	...	Béla
Károly Horváth	...	Tamás
György Cserhalmi	...	Big Boss
János Kulka	...	Feri
László Bicskei Kiss	...	Doki
Zsolt László	...	K., Kripli (Nub)
Balázs Lázár	...	Gonzo
József Tóth	...	Róbert
Enikö Eszenyi	...	Drunken Woman
Balázs Mihályfi	...	Gonzó
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Éva Bacsa
Marcell Bálint
Zsolt Bánki
Béla Barabás
Zsóka Békefy
Péter Bergendy	...	Cameo
Krisztián Berg
László Bolyki		(as Bolyki László 'Zsiráf')
Tamás Buvári	...	Cameo
Dávid Csobai
Zsolt Czakó
Gábor Czibere
Alpár Cziglényi
János Derzsi	...	Last Passenger
András Fésös	...	Cameo
Péter Galambos
Gábor Gallyas
Imola Gáspár	...	Metróellenõr
János Greifenstein	...	Stutterer
Andrew Hefler	...	Junkie (as Andrew Heffler)
Zoltán Hoffmeister
Ákos Horváth	...	Passenger
Margó Kasza
Héléna Kiss
Péter Kiss
Veronika Klement
Babett Köllõ
Ernõ Köves
Szabolcs Máté
László Mészáros
Hunor Michálik
Milan Mikulcík	...	Cameo
Tamás Molnár
Sándor Mucsi
Adrienn Nador		(as Nádor Adrienn)
Imre Nagy
Szilvia Nemesdédi
Árpád Nick	...	Cameo
Márton Nyitrai	...	Cameo
Edit Orbán
Béla Paczolay	...	Cameo
Tamás Pintér	...	Cameo
Imréné Pocz Nagy
Ilona Psota	...	Old Lady (Witch)
Gábor Rohonyi	...	Cameo
Róbert Sarkady
Csaba Sárvári
Zoltán Sárvári
Géza Schramek
Zsolt Szentiványi
Andrea Takáts
Gergely Tapolczai
Levente Törköly	...	Gay Man
Veronika Varjasi
Zsolt Venczel
Miklós Viola
Zoltán Viola
Tibor Viszkó
Melinda Völgyi	...	Woman with Big Breasts
Gábor Herendi	...	Paramedic (uncredited)
Livius Varga	...	Passenger (uncredited)

Directed by
Nimród Antal

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jim Adler		writer
Nimród Antal		writer

Produced by
Tamás Hutlassa	....	producer

Original Music by
Neo

Cinematography by
Gyula Pados

Film Editing by
István Király

Casting by
Szilvia Nemesdédi
Veronika Varjasi

Production Design by
Balázs Hujber

Costume Design by
János Breckl

Makeup Department
Ernella Hortobágyi	....	makeup artist
Brigitta Szabó	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Károly Fehér	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
László Janicsek	....	assistant director

Art Department
Victor Barabás	....	construction crew
Attila Budavári	....	construction manager
Antal Lakatos	....	construction crew
Tamás Tamási	....	props
Péter Újvári	....	props

Sound Department
Csaba Erös	....	boom operator
Róbert Juhász	....	sound
István Király	....	sound editor
Attila Madaras	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Ferenc Deák	....	special effects supervisor
Attila Török	....	pyrotechnician
Ferenc Török	....	pyrotechnics supervisor

Stunts
Balázs Farkas	....	stunts
Zoltán Gulyás Kiss	....	stunt coordinator
László Kósa	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Károly Brauner	....	key grip
Zsolt Éliás	....	video technician
István Faragó	....	electrician
Tibor Fazekas	....	electrician
Elek Hornyák	....	electrician
Tamás Jánossa	....	assistant camera
Zoltán Jánossa	....	assistant camera
András Khin	....	steadicam operator
Ádám Kliegl	....	camera operator
József Marton	....	gaffer
István Õsz	....	electrician
József Simon	....	electrician
Adrienn Szabó	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Éva Csele	....	wardrobe assistant
Mari Havasi	....	wardrobe assistant (as Havasi Mária)

Editorial Department
Baba Deimanik	....	color timer (as Tamásné Deimanik)
Gyöngyi Féjja	....	negative cutter

Other crew
Balázs Ari	....	associate
Tamás Guba	....	location manager
Krisztina Kelemen	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Café Film
• Bonfire

Distributors

• Budapest Film (2003) (Hungary) (theatrical)
• Asociace Ceských Filmových Klubu (ACFK) (2005) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• CTV International (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• ICA Projects (2004) (UK) (theatrical)
• Kino Swiat (2005) (Poland) (theatrical)
• Lady Film (2005) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Sunfilm Entertainment GmbH (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• THINKFilm (2005) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Tiberius Film (2005) (Germany) (theatrical)
• YLE Teema (2007) (Finland) (TV)

Other Companies

• Film Sales Company, The  worldwide sales
• Open Casting Ltd.  casting
• Open Casting Ltd.  extras casting

Also Known As:

Control (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some violence and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

Hungary:105 min | Germany:111 min | Argentina:107 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Country:

Hungary

Language:

Hungarian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS-Stereo | DTS

Certification:

UK:15 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Hungary:16 | Argentina:13 | Germany:12 | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Budapest, Hungary

Company:

Café Film

Trivia:

Cameo: [Gábor Herendi]one of the paramedics examining the first jumper's remains on the metro railway.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the subway train arrives at the station it's empty. When the ticket inspectors get on it's full of passengers.

Quotes:

Szofi: [at subway vending machines] Nice place. Come here often?
Bulcsú: Only when I really want to impress a girl.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Csak szex és más semmi (2005)

An excellent, competitive Hungarian movie

At long last there is an excellent, competitive Hungarian movie about different ways of the ego and soul, about love and crime and the background there is symbolic world of subway. I really enjoyed the characters because they all are basic symbols of our life. There is the good, the bad, the lover, the friend and so many characters who can help the protagonist to reach his right way of self-realization and in the other hand there are the dark forces, all those who try to balk our hero to reach the glory. But what the glory really is? It's always personal and different. The same in all ways is to make the dream true. Our hero can beat his evil instincts with love and reach the glory (and to be able to make his dreams true). After all I really enjoyed Nimród Antal first movie and my advice is the next: U have to see it!