The Hungarian Masters Collection - 3-DVD Box Set ( Szerelem / Így jöttem / Napló gyermekeimnek ) ( Love / My Way Home / Diary for My Children )

The Hungarian Masters Collection - 3-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Szerelem / Így jöttem / Napló gyermekeimnek
Alternate Title: Love / My Way Home / Diary for My Children
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Hungarian ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
284 min + 98 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Anamorphic Widescreen
Box Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1965 - 1982 and produced in:
Hungary ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Károly Makk
Miklós Jancsó
Márta Mészáros

Written By:
Péter Bacsó
Tibor Déry
Gyula Hernádi
Imre Vadász
Márta Mészáros

Actors:
Lili Darvas ..... Az öregasszony
Mari Töröcsik ..... Luca
Iván Darvas ..... János
Erzsi Orsolya ..... Irén
László Mensáros ..... Az orvos
Tibor Bitskey ..... Feri (as Bitskei Tibor)
András Ambrus ..... Börtönõr
József Almási ..... Tanár
Zoltán Bán ..... Borbély
Éva Bányai ..... Feriék szolgálója
Ágnes Dávid ..... Feriék szolgálója
Mária Garamszegi ..... Feriék szolgálója
Alíz Halda ..... Tanárnõ
Magda Horváth ..... Kissné
Nóra Káldi ..... Az öregasszony fiatalon (as Káldy Nóra)
Miklós Jancsó
Zsuzsa Czinkóczi ..... Juli
Teri Földi ..... Magda (voice)
Anna Polony ..... Magda, Juli nagynénje
Jan Nowicki ..... János
Sándor Oszter ..... János (voice)
Mari Szemes ..... Nagymama
Vilmos Kun ..... Nagypapa (voice)
Pál Zolnay ..... Nagypapa
Ildikó Bánsági ..... Juli anyja
Éva Szabó ..... Ilonka - Magda házvezetõnõje
Tamás Tóth ..... János fia
Éva Almássy Albert
György Bõsze
Kati Bus
Péter Czibulás
György Gonda
Éva Gyulányi
Alíz Halda
Antal Horváth
Eszter Horváth
László Horváth
Attila Kaszás
Gyula Kéry
Lajos Kránitz
Gábor Markaly
Kati Marton
György Miklósy
Gyöngyi Polónyi
Nándor Rékai
Ödön Rubold
Kati Sír
Imre Surányi
György Tézli
Valéria Wágner
Cedengijn Zorigt

Synopsis:

Love (aka Szerelem) (1971): This tender black-and-white Hungarian drama takes place in the '50s. A woman's (Mari Torcsik) husband has been arrested by the Hungarian secret police and imprisoned as a dissident. The young wife lives with her mother-in-law (Lili Darvas), a sweet and magnetic woman, appears to believe that her son has emigrated to America. Unable to do anything about her husband's imprisonment, the daughter-in-law keeps the old woman's good cheer alive by concocting a series of letters from her husband, wherein he does incredible and wonderful things...The role of the mother-in-law was played, at the request of the director, by octogenarian Lili Darvas, the wife of the famous Hungarian playwright and novelist Ferenc Molnar.

My Way Home (aka Igy Jottem) (1965): In the final days of WWII, a seventeen-year-old boy wanders the countryside. He is captured by Soviet troops, then released, then captured once more and imprisoned at a remote barracks, where he strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Russian soldier.

Diary For My Children (aka Naplo Gyermekeimnek) (1982): From one of the world's most accomplished women directors, Meszaros' film connects the personal with the political, by portraying the impact of individuals upon history and of historical forces upon individual lives. Poignant and autobiographical, this is the first in her renowned 'Diary' trilogy.

Three films from Hungarian cinema's most renowned filmmakers: Miklós Jancsó, Károly Makk, Márta Mészáros. My Way Home (Miklós Jancsó, 1964) Poetic, evocative and deeply personal - My Way Home is considered Jancsó's first masterpiece. A young Hungarian is captured by Russian soldier, but forms an unlikely friendship with his captor. Love (Károly Makk, 1971) Makk's haunting, atmospheric and beautifully performed film, a treatise on fidelity, faith, illusion, love as a family face the death of their beloved grandmother. Diary for My Children (Márta Mészáros, 1982) A reflection on Mészáros own experiences as a young woman returning home to Budapest from the Soviet Union is repulsed to see the very same spectre of Stalinist oppression now rife in her homeland. A passionate yet critical study of personal and political awakening told in ruthlessly unsentimental fashion.

This collection brings together three key films from the golden era of filmmaking in Hungary. Includes: Marta Meszaros's DIARY FOR MY CHILDREN, Miklos Jancso's MY WAY HOME and LOVE, directed by Karoly Makk.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 15 August, 2010.

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