Plots(1)
In his luxury apartment in Lugano, Iván Drégely is called on phone by an unknown voice: Mari is dying. The Hungarian oil engineer left the country in 1956, after years in prison. Without saying a word to his English wife, he flies to Hungary. As a student, who had been a peasant girl until the age of 20, Mari believed in the party, worked for the state security, and it was she who sent her love, the „oily boy", to prison. In 1956 Mari was pregnant, but she hid her daughter from Iván even in 1958, when the state security sent her to London to follow him. Iván is taken aback by the betrayals he now learns about, but he soon reaches concord with his daughter. He feels depressed by the power still granted to Mari's former boss at the secret police. After Mari's death he returns to Lugano, where an empty house awaits him, yet he is phoned by his daughter. (Budapest Film)
(more)Cast
Mari Törőcsik
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Paths of Light (2005)
The Boys of Paul Street (1969)
Merry-Go-Round (1956)
Iván Darvas
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Last Nabob (1966)
Cold Days (1966)
Love (1971)
Eszter Nagy-Kálózy
Hungary
Best movies:
Glass Tiger 2 (2006)
Glass Tiger (2001)
1945 (2017)
Dezső Garas
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man (2002) (TV movie)
Two Half-Times in Hell (1961)
Eileen Atkins
UK
Best movies:
Cold Mountain (2003)
Wit (2001) (TV movie)
The Hours (2002)
Attila Kaszás
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Glass Tiger (2001)
Diary for My Children (1984)
Hukkle (2002)
Emese Vasvári
Hungary
Best movies:
Zanox - Risks and Side Effects (2022)
The Lord's Lantern in Budapest (1999)
Brazilok (2017)
Zoltán Seress
Hungary
Best movies:
Sunshine (1999)
Glass Tiger 2 (2006)
Glass Tiger (2001)
Zsuzsa Nyertes
Hungary
Best movies:
Stephen, the King (1984)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda (2003)
Géza Pártos
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Father (1966)
A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda (2003)
Zoltán Gera
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
Two Half-Times in Hell (1961)
My Way Home (1965)
Tamás Andor
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Hungarian Vagabond (2004)
A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda (2003)
Football of the Good Old Days (1973)
Imre Csuja
Hungary
Best movies:
Paths of Light (2005)
Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man (2002) (TV movie)
Glass Tiger 3 (2010)
János Derzsi
Hungary
Best movies:
Dog's Night Song (1983)
Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
Satantango (1994)
Péter Dóczy
Hungary
Best movies:
A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda (2003)
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Hanna Dömötör
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János Krajcsovics
Best movies:
Ferenc Lengyel
Hungary
Best movies:
Glass Tiger 3 (2010)
Citizen X (1995) (TV movie)
Parkoló (2014)
István Lénárt
Kingdom of Hungary
Sándor Tóth
Hungary
Best movies: