''Passion'' ( hu, Szenvedély) is a 1998 Hungarian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

György Fehér György Fehér (12 February 1939 – 15 July 2002) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His film '' Szenvedély'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography * '' III. Richárd'' ( ...

. It was screened in the

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on the 1934 novel '' The Postman Always Rings Twice'' by James M. Cain. It was awarded six prizes at the 1998 Hungarian Film Week, including best film, best direction, best cinematography, best actress (Ildikó Bánsági), best actor(s) (Djoko Rosic and János Derzsi), and the Foreign Film Critics' Gene Moskowitz prize.

Cast

Ildikó Bánsági Ildikó Bánsági (born 19 October 1947) is a Hungarian actress, ''Kossuth Prize'' and '' Jászai Mari Award'' winner, member of the ''Halhatatlanok Társulata'', full member of the ''Magyar Művészeti Akadémia''. She has appeared in more th ...

as The wife *

Djoko Rosic Djoko may refer to: * An alternative spelling of Joko or Jaka, a Javanese male name * An alternative spelling of Đoko (a diminutive of the name Đorđe (Anglicanized as "George")), a Serbian male given name See also * Đoković, a Serbian su ...

as The husband *

János Derzsi János Derzsi (born 20 April 1954 in Nyírábrány Nyírábrány is a large village in Hajdú-Bihar county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically ...

as The man * István Lénárt as The attorney *

László Gálffi László Gálffi (born 16 November 1952) is a Hungarian actor. He was born in Budapest. One of his better known roles is that of King Ludwig II of Bavaria in Tony Palmer's epic film production of ''Wagner'', in which Galffi acted alongside Ric ...

as The priest *

Zoltán Bezerédi Zoltán Bezerédi (born 18 July 1955) is a Hungarian actor. He has appeared in 65 films and television shows since 1980. He starred in the 1985 film '' Elsö kétszáz évem'', which was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival ...

as The doctor's scribe (as Bezerédi Zoltán) *

Géza Bereményi Géza Bereményi (born 25 January 1946) is a Hungarian writer, screenwriter and film director. He was awarded Best European Director for his film Eldorado at the 2nd European Film Awards The 2nd Annual European Film Awards, presented by the ...

as The doctor *

Dénes Ujlaky Dénes is a Hungarian male given name, the equivalent of Denis in English and can sometimes stand for or replace the feminine version of Den(n)is, namely ''Denise''. As with many given names, it also transitioned into a surname in the Middle Ages. ...

Péter Haumann Péter Haumann (17 May 1941 – 28 May 2022) was a Hungarian actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films since 1962. Selected filmography References External links * 1941 births 2022 deaths Hungarian male film actors Male ...

as The lawyer * Gergõ Borhi *

Imre Csuja Imre is a Hungarian masculine first name, which is also in Estonian use, where the corresponding name day is 10 April. It has been suggested that it relates to the name Emeric, Emmerich or Heinrich. Its English equivalents are Emery and Henry ...

* Gábor Székely *

Tibor Viczkó Tibor is a masculine given name found throughout Europe. There are several explanations for the origin of the name: * from Latin name Tiberius, which means "from Tiber", Tiber being a river in Rome. * in old Slavic languages, Tibor means "sacred pl ...

References

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* * 1998 films 1998 drama films Adultery in films 1990s Hungarian-language films Films based on works by James M. Cain Films directed by György Fehér Hungarian black-and-white films {{Hungary-film-stub