''Édes Anna'' is a 1958 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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Zoltán Fábri
Zoltán Fábri (15 October 1917 – 23 August 1994) was a Hungarian people, Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His films ''The Boys of Paul Street'' (1969) and ''Hungarians (film), Hungarians'' (1978) were nominated for the Academy Awa ...
. It was entered into the
1959 Cannes Film Festival.
The film is sometimes referred to in English as ''Sweet Anna, Sweet Anne'' or ''Sweet Ann''.
Premise
In 1919, in Budapest, Anna, a young peasant girl, starts working as a maid for the wealthy Vizy family.
Cast
*
Mari Törőcsik
Mari TörÅ‘csik (born Marián TörÅ‘csik; 23 November 1935 – 16 April 2021) was a Hungarian stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 170 films from 1956 to 2020. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1976 Cannes Film Festiva ...
– Anna
*
Mária Mezei
Mária Mezei (16 October 1909 – 20 April 1983) was a Hungarian film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films between 1936 and 1970.
Selected filmography
* ''The Golden Man (film), The Golden Man'' (1936)
* ''Tales of Budapest'' (1937 ...
– VÃzyné
*
Károly Kovács – VÃzy Kornél
*
Zsigmond Fülöp – Jancsi
*
Béla Barsi – Ficsor
*
Anna Báró
Anna Báró (3 October 1920 – 23 October 1994) was a Hungarian stage, film, television and voice actress. She was known for her roles of ''Mrs. Tatár'' in the film Édes Anna, of ''Mrs. Alfréd Szekrényesi'' in the youth TV series of Kem ...
– Tatárné
*
Kati Böröndi – Katica
*
Zoltán Greguss – Tatár Gábor
*
Hilda Gobbi
Hilda EmÃlia Gizella Gobbi (6 June 1913 – 13 July 1988) was an award-winning Hungarian actress, known for her portrayals of elderly women. One of her most beloved performances was as Aunt Szabo in the radio soap opera ''The Szabo Family''. A ...
– Etel
*
János Horkay – Druma (as János Horkai)
*
György Kálmán
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* György Alexits (1899–1978), Hungarian mathematician
* György Almásy (1867–1933), Hungarian asiologist, traveler, zoologist and ethnogr ...
*
Zoltán Makláry
Zoltán Makláry (16 April 1896, Budapest – 12 July 1978, Budapest) was a Hungarian stage and film actor. He was awarded the Kossuth Prize.
Selected filmography
* '' Stars of Eger'' (1923)
* '' The Blue Idol'' (1931)
* '' Hyppolit, the Bu ...
– Dr. Moviszter
*
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People
* Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715–1769), German poet
* (born 1961), Danish children's book illustrator
* Hugo Gellert (1892–1985), Hungarian-American illustrator and muralist
* Imre Gellért (1888â ...
– Báthory
*
Erzsi Simor
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Erzsi Simor (Born Erzsébet Mária Terézia Porteller; 1913–1977) was a Hungary, Hungarian film actress.
Filmography
References
External links
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1913 births
1977 deaths
Hungarian film actresses
Actresses from Budapest
20th-centur ...
– Moviszterné
*
Viktória Ujváry – (as Újvári Viktória)
*
Éva Vadnai – Drumáné
Production
An adaptation of
Dezső Kosztolányi
Dezső Kosztolányi (; March 29, 1885 – November 3, 1936) was a Hungarian writer, journalist, translator, and also a speaker of Esperanto. He wrote in all literary genres, from poetry to essays to theatre plays. Building his own style, he used ...
's 1926 novel of the same name, the film stars
Mari Törőcsik
Mari TörÅ‘csik (born Marián TörÅ‘csik; 23 November 1935 – 16 April 2021) was a Hungarian stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 170 films from 1956 to 2020. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1976 Cannes Film Festiva ...
in the title role.
The film only had minor deviations and "a more sociological and historical edge by downplaying the psychological dimensions" from the novel.
Reception
The film has been considered "the epitome of a generation" and "(o)ne of the most shocking classics in Hungarian film history".
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."
References
External links
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1958 films
1950s Hungarian-language films
1958 drama films
Hungarian black-and-white films
Films directed by Zoltán Fábri
Hungarian drama films
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