Béla Tarr

Career Overview

Béla Tarr has 75 screen credits in a career dating back to 1965. Signature works include The Turin Horse, Werckmeister Harmonies, Satantango. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

75

Birth Date

1955-07-21

Birth Place

Pécs, Hungary

Known For

• 

  The Turin Horse
• 

  Werckmeister Harmonies
• 

  Satantango
• 

  Visions of Europe
• 

  The Man from London
• 

  City Life

Frequent Collaborators

• János Derzsi (4 collaborations)
• Mihály Kormos (4 collaborations)
• Erika Bók (3 collaborations)
• Alfréd Járai (3 collaborations)
• Gyula Pauer (3 collaborations)
• Éva Almássy Albert (3 collaborations)
• László feLugossy (3 collaborations)
• Mihály Ráday (2 collaborations)
• Putyi Horváth (2 collaborations)
• Péter Dobai (2 collaborations)

Credits

• production (24 credits)

  • Coda

    producer

    production
    2026
  • Be Water My Friend

    consulting accountant

    production
    2026
  • Places Half Empty

    executive producer

    production
    2026
  • Stars of Little Importance

    executive producer

    production
    2025
  • Lullaby for the Mountains

    executive producer

    production
    2025
  • Living Stones

    executive producer

    production
    2025
  • Coda

    producer

    production
    2023
  • Deer Bell

    producer

    production
    2023
  • Letters from the Ends of the World

    producer

    production
    2021
  • Lamb

    executive producer

    production
    2021
  • Paola Makes a Wish

    producer

    production
    2019
  • The Confidence-Man

    executive producer

    production
    2018
  • Aragane

    consulting producer

    production
    2017
  • Man in the Well

    producer

    production
    2016
  • Lost in Bosnia

    executive producer

    production
    2014
  • Tuga

    producer

    production
    2014
  • Conniving

    producer

    production
    2014
  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    producer

    production
    2012
  • Hungary 2011

    producer

    production
    2012
  • The Man from London

    associate producer

    production
    2008
  • Fragment

    producer

    production
    2007
  • Johanna

    producer

    production
    2005
  • Werckmeister Harmonies

    associate producer

    production
    2001
  • Twilight

    consulting producer

    production
    1990

• actors (11 credits)

  • Il vento del cinema

    actor

    actors
    2026
  • FUKUSHIMA with BÉLA TARR

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • A Country Divided

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • About Cinema

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • Tarr Béla: I Used to Be a Filmmaker

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • The State That I Am Fish

    Béla Tarr

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • Béla Tarr: Mysterious Harmonies

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2008
  • 365 Day Project

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Season of Monsters

    Jesus as Mental Patient

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • The Doctor's Pupil

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Iván Iljics halála

    Vászja (as Tar Béla)

    actor

    actors
    1965

• crew (6 credits)

  • Rumours

    thanks

    crew
    2024
  • The Cowboy

    thanks

    crew
    2024
  • Isten hozott

    thanks

    crew
    2022
  • The Tree

    thanks

    crew
    2018
  • The Parrot

    thanks

    crew
    2016
  • Diplomafilm

    script

    crew
    1981

• writing (14 credits)

  • Árni

    creative producer

    writing
    2024
  • Muhamed

    writer

    writing
    2017
  • The Turin Horse

    screenplay

    writing
    2011
  • The Man from London

    screenplay

    writing
    2008
  • Werckmeister Harmonies

    co-writer

    writing
    2001
  • Passion

    writer

    writing
    1998
  • Satantango

    screenplay

    writing
    1994
  • The Last Boat

    writer

    writing
    1990
  • Damnation

    writer

    writing
    1988
  • Autumn Almanac

    writer

    writing
    1984
  • The Prefab People

    writer

    writing
    1982
  • Macbeth

    screenplay

    writing
    1982
  • The Outsider

    writer

    writing
    1981
  • Hotel Magnezit

    writer

    writing
    1978

• directing (20 credits)

  • Missing People

    director

    directing
    2019
  • Muhamed

    director

    directing
    2017
  • The Turin Horse

    director

    directing
    2011
  • The Man from London

    director

    directing
    2008
  • Prologue

    director

    directing
    2004
  • Visions of Europe

    director

    directing
    2004
  • Werckmeister Harmonies

    director

    directing
    2001
  • György Fehér's Films According to Béla Tarr

    director

    directing
    2001
  • Journey on the Plain

    director

    directing
    1995
  • Satantango

    director

    directing
    1994
  • City Life

    director

    directing
    1990
  • The Last Boat

    director

    directing
    1990
  • Damnation

    director

    directing
    1988
  • Autumn Almanac

    director

    directing
    1984
  • The Prefab People

    director

    directing
    1982
  • Macbeth

    director

    directing
    1982
  • The Outsider

    director

    directing
    1981
  • Diplomafilm

    director

    directing
    1981
  • Cinemarxism

    director

    directing
    1979
  • Hotel Magnezit

    director

    directing
    1978