In Praise of Older Women (1978)
Andras Vayda grows up in a turbulent, war-torn Hungary, where he procures local girls for the occupying G.I.'s during World War II. Disappointed by girls of his age, he meets Maya, a married women in her thirties, who tutors him in the lessons of love and romance. Maya is only the first of many mature women that Andras will meet through his teenage and young adult life.
Director:
George Kaczender
Writer:
Paul Gottlieb
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Karen Black as Maya |
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Tom Berenger as Andras Vayda |
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Susan Strasberg as Bobbie |
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Helen Shaver as Ann MacDonald |
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Marilyn Lightstone as Klari |
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Alexandra Stewart as Paula |
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Marianne McIsaac as Julika |
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Alberta Watson as Mitzi |
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Ian Tracey as Andras Vayda Jr. |
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Monique Lepage as The Countess |
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Louise Marleau as Woman in Elevator |
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Jill Frappier as Lady Teacher |
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Mignon Elkins as Mother Vayda |
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Joan Stuart as Aunt Alice |
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John Bayliss as Glen MacDonald |
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John Granik as Tom Horvath |
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Budd Knapp as Father Confessor |
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Earl Pennington as Professor Hargitay |
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Michael Kirby as Tibor Kovacs |
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Bronwen Mantel as Woman in Cafe |
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Wally Martin as The Janitor |
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Arden R. Ryshpan as Berenice (as Arden Ryshpan) |
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Tibor Polgár as The Pianist (as Tibor Polgar) |
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Julie Wildman as Woman at Party |
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Julie Morand as Girl Student |
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Griffith Brewer as The Fiacre Driver |
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Walter Bolton as Second Waiter |
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Martha Parker as Girl at Dance |
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Robert King as Man with Proclamation |
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Arthur Grosser as Party Host |
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Jeannette Casenave as Party Hostess |
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Alexander Godfrey as First Waiter |
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Tina Shuster as Second Girl at Dance |
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Danny Brainin as Youth in Class |
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Casey Stevens as Second Student |
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Peter Gottlieb as Boy on Staircase |
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Henry Ramer as Narrator (voice) |
| Writing | Stephen Vizinczey | Novel |
| Writing | Paul Gottlieb | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jocelyne Bellemare | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Ariane Ochrymouych | Third Assistant Director |
| Art | Kathy Wadas | Property Buyer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michèle Dion | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Daniel Hausmann | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Norman Simpson | Property Master |
| Art | Roméo Turcotte | Construction Manager |
| Art | Jean-Claude Bourret | Assistant Property Master |
| Production | Wendy Grean | Unit Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean-Max Guérin | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Art | Csaba András Kertész | Set Dresser |
| Directing | Charles Braive | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Roger Héroux | Production Manager |
| Sound | Les Halman | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ken Page | Sound Post Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | David Beckett | Hairstylist |
| Art | Stéphane Reichel | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Henri Blondeau | Location Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Joe Grimaldi | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Larry Lynn | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Peter Wintonick | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Production | Robert Lantos | Producer |
| Production | Stephen J. Roth | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Miklós Lente | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Peter Wintonick | Editor |
| Production | Howard Lipson | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Tibor Polgár | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Harold Greenberg | Executive Producer |
| Art | Wolf Kroeger | Art Direction |
| Art | Csaba András Kertész | Set Decoration |
| Production | Claude Héroux | Producer |
| Editing | George Kaczender | Editor |
| Directing | George Kaczender | Director |