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Long-Lost Erotic Crime Thriller ‘After Death’ Premieres at France’s Lumière Festival
A long-lost erotic crime thriller from Hungary is bowing at Lyon’s Lumière Festival, marking a significant recuperation effort by Hungary’s National Film Institute (NFI).
The only surviving copy of the 1920 erotic crime thriller directed by Alfréd Dicy, one of the pioneers of Hungarian cinema, was found in Belgium’s Royal Film Archive. Another notable find in recent times is “Spring in Winter,” a 1917 film directed by Michael Curtiz, then known as Mihály Kertész, before he became famous for Hollywood classics like “Casablanca.” These rediscoveries are part of a broader effort by the NFI to track down and restore missing films that were lost due to Hungary’s turbulent 20th century history, which included wars, shifting borders, and the emigration of many Hungarians.
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