Adoption (1975)
When middle-aged Kata realises that her life will only be complete if she has a baby of her own, her longstanding-but-married boyfriend Joska refuses to comply. But by developing an unlikely friendship with the angst-ridden teenage orphan Anna, who is also involved in a controversial relationship, Kata discovers aspects of herself, and her role as a woman, that have gone unexamined throughout her entire, lonely life.
Director: Márta Mészáros
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Katalin Berek as Kata Csentes |
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Gyöngyvér Vigh as Anna Bálint |
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Péter Fried as Sanyi |
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László Szabó as Jóska |
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Flóra Kádár as Erzsi, Jóska's wife |
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Janos Boross as Anna's father |
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Erzsi Varga as Anna's mother |
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István Kaszás as Head of the Institute |
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István Szõke as |
| Sound | György Kovács | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Márta Mészáros | Director |
| Writing | Márta Mészáros | Writer |
| Writing | Ferenc Grunwalsky | Writer |
| Editing | Éva Kármentő | Editor |
| Art | Tamás Banovich | Production Design |
| Writing | Gyula Hernádi | Writer |
| Art | Andrásné Kiss | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zsuzsa Vicze | Costume Design |
| Camera | Márta Mészáros | Director of Photography |
| Production | Judith Csernai | Unit Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Attila Ungvári | Makeup Artist |
| Production | György Rózsási | Production Manager |
| Camera | Lajos Koltai | Director of Photography |
| Sound | György Kovács | Sound Engineer |