HU 1966 | Director, screenplay: Judit Elek | Camera: István Zöldi | Editing: Éva Singer | Music: Valentin Bakfark | b/w | 35mm | 27 min | hungarian OV with english SUB | NFI – National Film Institute Hungary

"In 1966, I made the documentary KASTÉLYOK LAKÓI about five castles in Gödöllő that used to be the Habsburgs' royal residence. When I filmed there, parts of the building had been repurposed, converted into an old people's home and a Russian barracks. Everything was in a very run-down state. Dilapidated palaces in which old, confused people lived who still had their own opinions about the world and fateful stories to tell. […] Another castle had been turned into a school, including a hall where climbing walls were placed in front of baroque frescoes for gymnastics class. At the end of the film when I asked the children, who must have been around 7 years old, who used to live there, they answered: 'The counts.' And in response to my question: 'What happened to them?", the children replied: 'They all died a hundred years ago.'" (Judit Elek in conversation with Sabine Schöbel, Frauen und Film No. 68, 2016)

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