Picture to download Prizes: 1999 - Budapest Hungarian Film Week Award of the Association of Hungarian Cinemas to the film with the greatest box office of 1998

Out of Order (A miniszter félrelép) (1997, feature, 35mm, colour, 105 min.) Director: András Kern, Róbert Koltai Screenplay: András Kern, Jim Adler, Róbert Koltai Writer: Ray Coonery Director of photography: Elemér Ragályi Editor: Eva Gardos Music: László Dés Sound: György Kovács Visual design: József Romvári Costumes: Lucia S. Hegyi, Béla Sümeghy Production manager: Tamás Hutlassa Producer: Andrew G. Vajna Production company: InterCom Ltd. Cast: András Kern, Róbert Koltai, Kata Dobó, Sándor Gáspár, Dorottya Udvaros, Judit Hernádi, Józsa Hacser, Ferenc Kállai, Iván Kamarás, Gábor Reviczky, Kati Lázár Péter Witt is the kind of man most women dream of… until they’ve been with him. He is smart, charming and always lands on his feet. He loves big projects, daily challenges. He is the Parliament bull. We first see him leave the commencing night session at the Parliament to meet a current ”challenge”. That challenge is called Tünde and she is the secretary to the opposition’s lead speaker. In other words, we have: an adventure-bound minister followed by an undercover secretary, a jealous wife (on behalf of the minister), a jealous husband (on behalf of the secretary) and a hotel (the vintage and scaffolded Hotel Astoria) opposite to which Fate stalks. Fate is… well, let’s just call it a Special Case for the time being. Apparently, a sword of Damocles hangs over the minister. No one seems to stop the sword from falling. There could be somebody, although momentarily he is busy chatting with his mom on the mobile telephone and stuffing his face with a huge slice of pizza underneath that very sword…