Directed by:
Márta MészárosCinematography:
Elemér RagályiCast:
Isabelle Huppert, Lili Monori, Jan Nowicki, Zita Perczel, Sándor Szabó, Zsolt Körtvélyessy, Witold Holtz, Éva Gyulányi, Zoltán Jancsó, Piotr Skrzynecki (more)Plots(1)
In 1936 the stinking rich but infertile Szilvia cunningly "buys" the beautiful, intelligent but poor Irén so that her good-looking military officer husband, who has made his career thanks to Szilvia, could make her pregnant and Irén give birth to a child who would be able to inherit the enormous wealth. Szilvia's plan, however, seems to fail: Ákos and Irén fall in love, Ákos abandons Szilvia, lives together with Irén and another child of their own is born. For Szilvia 1944 is the time for revenge: she reports Irén for her Jewish origin. Irén will be deported, Ákos vanishes, and both children fall victim to Szilvia. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Isabelle Huppert
France
Best movies:
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
The Common Man (1975)
The Lacemaker (1977)
Lili Monori
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
The Witness (1969)
Delta (2008)
Aurora Borealis: Northern Lights (2017)
Jan Nowicki
Poland
Best movies:
Big Shar (1982)
Diary for My Loves (1987)
Family Life (1970)
Zita Perczel
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Heiresses (1980)
Roseanna's Grave (1997)
The Vulture (1982)
Sándor Szabó
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Last Nabob (1966)
Vuk: The Little Fox (1981)
The Heiresses (1980)
Zsolt Körtvélyessy
Best movies:
The Fortress (1979)
The Heiresses (1980)
Silence and Cry (1968)
Witold Holtz
Poland
Best movies:
Man of Marble (1977)
Landscape After Battle (1970)
The Heiresses (1980)
Éva Gyulányi
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Diary for My Children (1984)
The Heiresses (1980)
Zoltán Jancsó
Best movies:
The Heiresses (1980)
Piotr Skrzynecki
Poland
Best movies:
The Heiresses (1980)
Spis cudzołożnic (1994) (TV movie)
Kati Sír
Hungary
Best movies:
The Fortress (1979)
Ants' Nest (1971)
Diary for My Children (1984)
Károly Mécs
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Mattie, the Goose-Boy (1977) - narrator
Sunshine (1999)
Cat City (1986)
Tansou
Best movies:
My New Partner at the Races (1990)
The Heiresses (1980)
Cover Up (1983)
Judit Hernádi
Hungary
Best movies:
Mephisto (1981)
The Fortress (1979)
Another Way (1982)
Zoltán Gera
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
Two Half-Times in Hell (1961)
My Way Home (1965)
Ottó Szokolay
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
The Heiresses (1980)