Diary for My Father and My Mother

Overview

This story follows a young student, who is orphaned as she grows to adulthood in the shadow of the 1956 Hungarian uprising. Coming from the Communist intelligentsia, she sees her friends and family react differently. Her lover, a married factory manager, supports the patriots and later assists fellow workers in staging a strike. Meanwhile her sister and others express anger at being forced from their homes during the revolution and continue to express a hatred for the rebels afterwards. But in the end they realize that for all people, real life is not possible after the revolt and its brutal suppression by the Soviets and their collaborators.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 2, 1990

Original language

Hungarian

Spoken languages

Hungarian

Countries

Hungary

Production

Hungarofilm,Budapest Filmstúdió

Cast

Czinkóczi Zsuzsa,Jan Nowicki,Mari Törőcsik,Ildikó Bánsági,Anna Polony,Lajos Balázsovits,Irina Kuberskaya,Adél Kováts,Tamás Tóth,Lili Monoriand 1 more

Director

Márta Mészáros

Writer

Márta Mészáros,Éva Pataki

Producer

Gábor Hanák

Cinematography

Nyika Jancsó

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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