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Stories Set in Hungary — top stories

Danube bridges, thermal baths, 1956 barricades and grand hotels that never existed — Budapest plays itself and everywhere else. Start with these ten, then open Hungary on StoryTerra's map.

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10 famous stories set in Hungary

Live snapshot of the top 10 most popular catalogue items (2026-09-04). Click any card to open this entry on the live map.

Browse 52 books, 116 movies and 2 games set in Hungary.

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Fox Searchlight Pictures-Scott Rudin Productions-Studio Babelsberg-Indian Paintbrush-TSG Entertainment-American Empirical Pictures
movie

The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of…

Setting: Budapest, Hungary; Karlovy Vary, Czech RepublicTime Period: 1930s
The Shop Around the Corner

The Shop Around the Corner

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
movie

Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.

Setting: Budapest, HungaryTime Period: 1930s
Spy

Spy

Chernin Entertainment-Feigco Entertainment-TSG Entertainment
movie

A desk-bound CIA analyst volunteers to go undercover to infiltrate the world of a deadly arms dealer and prevent diabolical global disaster.

Setting: Paris, France; Rome, Italy; Budapest, HungaryTime Period: 2015
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Saturn Films-Burr! Productions
movie

Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative…

Setting: Budapest, Hungary; MexicoTime Period: 2022
Gemini Man

Gemini Man

Skydance-Jerry Bruckheimer Films-Alibaba Pictures Group-Fosun Pictures-Paramount-Gobierno de Colombia-Hungarian National Film Fund
movie

Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict…

Setting: Budapest, Hungary; Colombia; USA; BelgiumTime Period: Contemporary
Satantango

Satantango

Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion (VVF)-Vega Film-Mozgókép Innovációs Társulás és Alapítvány-Magyar Televízió-TSR
movie

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…

Setting: HungaryTime Period: Post-Communism era
Werckmeister Harmonies

Werckmeister Harmonies

Magyar Mozgókép Alapítvány-13 Productions-ARTE-Fondazione Montecinemaverita-Goëss Film-Magyar Televízió Müvelödési Föszerkesztöség (MTV) (I)-Nemzeti Kultúrális Alapprogram-Országos Rádió és Televízió Testület (ORTT)-Studio Babelsberg-Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion (VVF)-ZDF-RAI
movie

A mysterious circus excites a small Hungarian town into a rebellion when a promised act doesn't perform.

Setting: HungaryTime Period: Not known
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter: The Great Calamity

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter: The Great Calamity

movie

A motion comic follow-up to a chapter from Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter novel where Abe's friend Edgar Allan Poe tells him the tale of historical Hungarian countess Elizabeth Bathory often tied to vampire legends due…

Setting: Fantasy: HungaryTime Period: Fantasy: 19th Century
The Turin Horse

The Turin Horse

Motion Picture Public Foundation of Hungary-Vega Film-Zero Fiction Film-Fonds Eurimages du Conseil de l'Europe-TT Filmmûhely-Werc Werk Works-Movie Partners In Motion Film-Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
movie

A monumental windstorm and an abused horse's refusal to work or eat signal the beginning of the end for a poor farmer and his daughter.

Setting: HungaryTime Period: 19th Century
On Body and Soul

On Body and Soul

Inforg-M&M Film
movie

Two introverted people find out by pure chance that they share the same dream every night. They are puzzled incredulous a bit frightened. As they hesitantly accept this strange coincidence they try to recreate in broad…

Setting: Budapest, HungaryTime Period: 2017

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