Béla Tarr

Known for DirectingBorn 1955-07-21Died 2026-01-06Pécs, Hungary

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Béla Tarr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

365 Day Project

Iván Iljics halála

City Life

About Cinema

Lullaby for the Mountains

Prologue

Satantango

Werckmeister Harmonies

The Turin Horse

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Damnation

Árni

The Man from London

Passion

Autumn Almanac

Cinemarxism

Tarr Béla: I Used to Be a Filmmaker

Lamb

Family Nest

The Parrot

Macbeth

The Prefab People

Aragane

Journey on the Plain

The Outsider

Man in the Well

The Tree

Season of Monsters

Hotel Magnezit

Visions of Europe

Paola makes a wish

Rumours

The Doctor's Pupil

Johanna

The Last Boat

Letters from the Ends of the World

The State That I Am Fish

Stars of Little Importance

FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR

Living Stones

The Cowboy

Coda

Deer Bell

Isten hozott

Missing People

A Country Divided

The Confidence-Man

Muhamed