Product Details

• Actors: Róbert Koltai, Sándor Gáspár, Anna Györgyi, Orsolya Tóth, Viktor Baradlay
• Directors: Róbert Koltai
• Writers: Róbert Koltai, Péter Horváth
• Producers: Attila Bódi, Gábor P. Koltai
• Format: Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Hungarian (Unknown)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Bunyik Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: August 29, 2006
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000G5SIIK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #291,954 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Colossal Sensation" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

COLOSSAL SENSATION is a 2005 art house hit from veteran Hungarian filmmaker Robert Koltai (MAY DAY MAYHEM), a master of political and social farce. A deft blend of comedy and pathos, COLOSSAL SENSATION balances the tumultuous lives of twin circus clowns against watershed moments in 20th century Hungarian history. Born and raised in a gypsy circus somewhere in the backwaters of Eastern Europe, twin brothers and clowns Naphthalene and Dodo fall afoul of the local Communist Party when a joke goes awry. "Older" brother Dodo takes the fall for his hapless brother and lands in the gulag for the offense. Meanwhile, Naphthalene becomes a prop man for a rural theater and involuntarily sets in motion events that lead to the 1956 Budapest revolution. Amid the chaos, Naphthalene sets out to free his brother from prison, with an attractive young hitchhiker along for the ride. Playing the witless Naphthalene, director Koltai heads a strong cast that also includes Oscar®?winning Czech director Jiri Menzel (CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS) as a theater impresario.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Deeply moving film, August 28, 2009

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R. Swanson "promise" (New Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Colossal Sensation (DVD)

The title, Colossal Sensation, probably loses a lot in the translation. I have no idea what the original Hungarian means, but I urge people not to let this keep you from trying this wonderful film.

The Amazon reviewer gives you a good plot summary so I won't repeat that. I just want to praise the humanity of the movie. The twin brothers share a bond that is tried by a tragic accident that cripples one in childhood, a romance that threatens to separate them and then the intrusion of political events that sends both of them to prison. The story spans the lifetime of the two fraternal twins, from birth to their old age. Living in Hungary through the political events of the 20th Century, they see their share of the down side of things. Yet they are clowns, born to a family of clowns and they manage to survive in spite of great hardship.

I found the actors extremely beautiful, not in a Hollywood way, but in the way that very deep and soulful people have. The story shows the gamut of human experience from tragedy to joy; there is love and loss, just like life. If you appreciate life in all of its richness you might love this film.