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 | Paul Gottlieb | Screenplay |
| Writing | Stephen Vizinczey | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jocelyne Bellemare | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Art | Roméo Turcotte | Construction Manager |
| Art | Stéphane Reichel | Assistant Art Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michèle Dion | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Ariane Ochrymouych | Third Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | David Beckett | Hairstylist |
| Art | Kathy Wadas | Property Buyer |
| Production | Roger Héroux | Production Manager |
| Art | Jean-Claude Bourret | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Norman Simpson | Property Master |
| Production | Wendy Grean | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Charles Braive | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean-Max Guérin | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Art | Csaba András Kertész | Set Dresser |
| Directing | Daniel Hausmann | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Joe Grimaldi | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Ken Page | Sound Post Supervisor |
| Sound | Peter Wintonick | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Henri Blondeau | Location Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Larry Lynn | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Les Halman | Sound Editor |
| Production | Robert Lantos | Producer |
| Production | Harold Greenberg | Executive Producer |
| Art | Wolf Kroeger | Art Direction |
| Camera | Miklós Lente | Director of Photography |
| Production | Claude Héroux | Producer |
| Editing | George Kaczender | Editor |
| Production | Stephen J. Roth | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Peter Wintonick | Editor |
| Art | Csaba András Kertész | Set Decoration |
| Production | Howard Lipson | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Tibor Polgár | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | George Kaczender | Director |
