Zsidónegyed - Pest Zsidó Arca DVD 2005 Jewish district - The Jewish face of Pest / Directed by Ocsenás Tamás / The story of the jewish people of Pest, Hungary / Jewish tradition, religion and culture

UPC 5996357343684

REGION 2 PAL DVD

AUDIO: Hungarian 2.0

Subtitles: English

Total Runtime: 100 minutes

English Summary:

The film is about the history of the Jewish quarter of Pest and its Jewry, from its origin to the present day. The more than two hundred years cover the most important political, historical and social events, presenting the most interesting parts of the quarter, the most beautiful houses and famous people. It tells the story of Judaism, religion, tradition and culture.

Hungarian Summary:

Ismeretterjesztő film (2005)

A film a pesti zsidónegyed és zsidósága történetéről szól, a keletkezéstől napjainkig. A bő kétszáz év felöleli a legfontosabb politikai, történelmi, társadalmi eseményeket, bemutatja a negyed legérdekesebb részeit, legszebb házait, híres embereit. Mesél zsidóságról, vallásról, tradícióról és kultúráról.

Rendező: Ocsenás Tamás

Pest (is the eastern, mostly flat part of Budapest, Hungary, comprising about two thirds of the city's territory. It is separated from Buda and Óbuda, the western parts of Budapest, by the Danube River. Among its most notable sights are the Inner City, the Hungarian Parliament Building, Heroes' Square and Andrássy Avenue. In colloquial Hungarian, "Pest" is often used for the whole capital of Budapest. The three parts of Budapest (Pest, Buda, Óbuda) united in 1873.

According to Ptolemy the settlement was called Pession in ancient times (Contra-Aquincum).  Alternatively, the name Pest may have come from a Slavic word meaning "furnace", "oven" (Bulgarian пещ ['pɛʃt]; Serbian пећ/peć; Croatian "peć"), related to the word пещера (meaning "cave"), probably with reference to a local cave where fire burned. The spelling Pesth was occasionally used in English, even as late as the early 20th century, although it is now considered archaic.