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Édes Anna
1958 film
Édes Anna is a 1958 Hungarian drama film directed by Zoltán Fábri. It was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film is sometimes referred to in English as Sweet Anna, Sweet Anne or Sweet Ann.[2]
| Édes Anna | |
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| Directed by | Zoltán Fábri |
| Written by | Zoltán Fábri Péter Bacsó Dezső Kosztolányi |
| Starring | Mari Törőcsik |
| Cinematography | Ferenc Szécsényi |
| Edited by | Ferencné Szécsényi |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | Hungary |
| Language | Hungarian |
In 1919, in Budapest, Anna, a young peasant girl, starts working as a maid for the wealthy Vizy family.
- Mari Törőcsik – Anna
- Mária Mezei – Vízyné
- Károly Kovács – Vízy Kornél
- Zsigmond Fülöp – Jancsi
- Béla Barsi – Ficsor
- Anna Báró – Tatárné
- Kati Böröndi – Katica
- Zoltán Greguss – Tatár Gábor
- Hilda Gobbi – Etel
- János Horkay – Druma (as János Horkai)
- György Kálmán
- Zoltán Makláry – Dr. Moviszter
- Gellért Raksányi – Báthory
- Erzsi Simor – Moviszterné
- Viktória Ujváry – (as Újvári Viktória)
- Éva Vadnai – Drumáné
An adaptation of Dezső Kosztolányi's 1926 novel of the same name,[3][4] the film stars Mari Törőcsik in the title role.[5][6] The film only had minor deviations and "a more sociological and historical edge by downplaying the psychological dimensions" from the novel.[7]
The film has been considered "the epitome of a generation"[8] and "(o)ne of the most shocking classics in Hungarian film history".[6] It also was noted in the career of Fábri as "a return to his top form, combining a portrait of the 1920s with penetrating psychological analysis."[9]
- "Festival de Cannes: Édes Anna". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
- Greenroom. "Sweet Ann | Compositions". BMC - Budapest Music Center. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- Bühler, Daniel; Krause, Stephan; Hilfenhaus, Dominik (1 May 2019). Klassiker des ungarischen Films (in German). Schüren Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7410-0191-8.
- Taylor, Richard; Wood, Nancy; Graffy, Julian; Iordanova, Dina (25 July 2019). The BFI Companion to Eastern European and Russian Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-83871-849-7.
- "Törőcsik Mari 85". filmhu - a magyar moziportál. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- Cunningham, John (2004). Hungarian cinema: from coffee house to multiplex (1. publ ed.). London: Wallflower Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-903364-79-6.
- Feigelson, Kristian (2003). Cinéma hongrois: le temps et l'histoire (in French). Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle. ISBN 978-2-87854-255-4.
- Somlyódy, László; Somlyódy, Nóra (2003). Hungarian Arts and Sciences: 1848-2000. Social Science Monographs. ISBN 978-0-88033-533-1.
