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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
CinematographyFerenc Szécsényi
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Édes Anna
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Directed byZoltán Fábri
Written byZoltán Fábri
Péter Bacsó
Dezső Kosztolányi
StarringMari Törőcsik
CinematographyFerenc Szécsényi
Edited byFerencné Szécsényi
Release date
  • 6 November 1958 (1958-11-06)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryHungary
LanguageHungarian
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Premise

In 1919, in Budapest, Anna, a young peasant girl, starts working as a maid for the wealthy Vizy family.

Cast

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]

Reception

The film has been considered "the epitome of a generation"[8] and "(o)ne of the most shocking classics in Hungarian film history".[6] It also was noted in the career of Fábri as "a return to his top form, combining a portrait of the 1920s with penetrating psychological analysis."[9]

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