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]

Édes Anna
Film poster
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

Premise

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

Cast

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Production

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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

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Édes Anna". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  2. ^ Greenroom. "Sweet Ann | Compositions". BMC - Budapest Music Center. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  3. ^ Bühler, Daniel; Krause, Stephan; Hilfenhaus, Dominik (1 May 2019). Klassiker des ungarischen Films (in German). Schüren Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7410-0191-8.
  4. ^ "[PDF] ANNA ÉDES IN BETWEEN FILM AND LITERATURE LÁSZLÓ FÁBIÁN UNIVERSITY OF THEATRE AND FILM DOCTORAL SCHOOL SUMMARY OF DLA THESIS - Free Download PDF". silo.tips. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  5. ^ Taylor, Richard; Wood, Nancy; Graffy, Julian; Iordanova, Dina (25 July 2019). The BFI Companion to Eastern European and Russian Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-83871-849-7.
  6. ^ a b "Törőcsik Mari 85". filmhu - a magyar moziportál. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  7. ^ Cunningham, John (2004). Hungarian cinema: from coffee house to multiplex (1. publ ed.). London: Wallflower Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-903364-79-6.
  8. ^ Feigelson, Kristian (2003). Cinéma hongrois: le temps et l'histoire (in French). Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle. ISBN 978-2-87854-255-4.
  9. ^ Somlyódy, László; Somlyódy, Nóra (2003). Hungarian Arts and Sciences: 1848-2000. Social Science Monographs. ISBN 978-0-88033-533-1.
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