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Tales of Teleki Square Films of the shtiebel community

Teleki Square 22 · Józsefváros, Budapest

Tales of Teleki Square

Films made with the community of the last apartment synagogue of Józsefváros. Az utolsó józsefvárosi lakásimaház közösségének filmjei.

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Community members looking up at the prayer house ceiling
Still from Tales of Teleki Square

Our films

Tales of Teleki Square – a trilogy

A participatory documentary about the community and its prayer house, in use for over a hundred years.

Part 1 · 2019 Juci bácsi Uncle Judy · director's cut · 100 min Watch → Part 2 · 2018 Tales of Teleki Square 83 min · subtitles in 5 languages Watch →
Teleki Rhapsody Part 3 Teleki Rhapsody In post-production – coming soon
Holocaust documentary · 4 episodes Talán most senki sincs People who survived the war as children around Teleki Square tell what happened in the neighbourhood in 1944 and 1945. Watch all 4 episodes

The prayer house

“The last apartment synagogue of Józsefváros, at Teleki Square 22, survived the trials of the last hundred years and still welcomes visitors today.”

The young members of the community found that the people they interviewed were the last witnesses of a once thriving, vanished world. The films were made together with them.

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Juci bácsi praying in the Teleki Square prayer house
Jakab Gláser – Uncle Judy – in the prayer house

News & screenings

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Cinema Bem, 25/02/2017

On Thursday, 25 February 2017 we had the screening of the film with great success, it was totally sold out and had to bring…

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Small community, big dreams. Support the prayer house and our next film, Teleki Rhapsody.

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