Édes Anna
1958 film
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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]
Directed byZoltán Fábri
Written byZoltán Fábri
Péter Bacsó
Dezső Kosztolányi
Péter Bacsó
Dezső Kosztolányi
StarringMari Törőcsik
CinematographyFerenc Szécsényi
| 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 |
Premise
In 1919, in Budapest, Anna, a young peasant girl, starts working as a maid for the wealthy Vizy family.
Cast
- 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
Production
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]
