Taxidermia
Taxidermia is a 2006 Hungarian surrealist comedy-drama horror film directed and co-written by György Pálfi. An international co-production of Hungary, Austria and France, the film spins a metaphorical socio-political retelling of Hungary's history from the Second World War to the present day.
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| Produced by | Péter Miskolczi
Gábor Váradi |
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| Written by | György Pálfi
Zsófia Ruttkay |
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| Starring | Csaba Czene
Gergely Trócsányi Piroska Molnár Adél Stanczel |
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| Cinematography | Gergely Pohárnok
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| Edited by | Réka Lemhényi
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| Production company | Amour Fou Filmproduktion Eurofilm Stúdió Katapult Film La Cinéfacture Memento Films Production |
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| Distributed by | Pool Filmverlieh (Austria)
Memento Films (France) |
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| Running time | 94 minutes
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| Country | Hungary
Austria France |
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| Language | Hungarian
English Russian |
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| Box office | $11,408 (US)
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- Hungary's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008).
- Director György Pálfi won $10,000 at the 2004 Sundance/NHK Filmmakers Award while Taxidermia was in pre-production. The other two projects that won in 2004: Casa de Areia (2005) and Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005).
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