Diary for My Father and My Mother (1990)
This story follows a young student, who is orphaned as she grows to adulthood in the shadow of the 1956 Hungarian uprising. Coming from the Communist intelligentsia, she sees her friends and family react differently. Her lover, a married factory manager, supports the patriots and later assists fellow workers in staging a strike. Meanwhile her sister and others express anger at being forced from their homes during the revolution and continue to express a hatred for the rebels afterwards. But in the end they realize that for all people, real life is not possible after the revolt and its brutal suppression by the Soviets and their collaborators.
Director: Márta Mészáros
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Czinkóczi Zsuzsa as Juli |
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Jan Nowicki as János |
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Mari Törőcsik as Vera |
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Ildikó Bánsági as Ildi |
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Anna Polony as Magda |
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Lajos Balázsovits as Péter |
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Irina Kuberskaya as Anna Pavlovna |
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Adél Kováts as Natasa |
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Tamás Tóth as Andras |
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Lili Monori as Ibolya |
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Dobák Lajos as |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fanny Kemenes | Costume Design |
| Art | Éva Martin | Production Design |
| Writing | Márta Mészáros | Writer |
| Writing | Éva Pataki | Writer |
| Editing | Éva Kármentő | Editor |
| Camera | Nyika Jancsó | Director of Photography |
| Production | Gábor Hanák | Producer |
| Sound | Zsolt Döme | Music |
| Directing | Márta Mészáros | Director |