Édes Anna

Édes Anna
Film poster
Directed by	Zoltán Fábri
Written by	Zoltán Fábri Péter Bacsó Dezső Kosztolányi
Starring	Mari Törőcsik
Cinematography	Ferenc Szécsényi
Edited by	Ferencné Szécsényi
Release date	6 November 1958 (1958-11-06)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

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]

Premise

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

Cast

• Mari Törőcsik – Anna
• Mária Mezei – Vízyné
• Károly Kovács – Vízy Kornél
• Zsigmond Fülöp – Jancsi
• Béla Barsi – Ficsor
• Anna Báró – Tatárné
• Kati Böröndi – Katica
• Zoltán Greguss – Tatár Gábor
• Hilda Gobbi – Etel
• János Horkay – Druma (as János Horkai)
• György Kálmán
• Zoltán Makláry – Dr. Moviszter
• Gellért Raksányi – Báthory
• Erzsi Simor – Moviszterné
• Viktória Ujváry – (as Újvári Viktória)
• Éva Vadnai – Drumáné

Production

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

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

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. "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.

External links

• Édes Anna at IMDb