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Stories Set in Hungary
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.
Open Hungary on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Hungary
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Browse 52 books, 116 movies and 2 games set in Hungary.

The Grand Budapest Hotel
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…

The Shop Around the Corner
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.

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

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
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…

Gemini Man
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…

Satantango
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…

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

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter: The Great Calamity
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…

The Turin Horse
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.

On Body and Soul
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…
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