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Diary for My Father and My Mother

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Jan 2, 1990
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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.

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  • Directors
  • Vote Average
    6.2
  • Vote Count
    6
  • Popularity
    5
  • Language
    Magyar
  • Origin Country
    HU

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    • Cast

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    Czinkóczi Zsuzsa
    Juli
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    Jan Nowicki
    János
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    Mari Törőcsik
    Vera
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    Ildikó Bánsági
    Ildi
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    Anna Polony
    Magda
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    Lajos Balázsovits
    Péter
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    Irina Kuberskaya
    Anna Pavlovna
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    Adél Kováts
    Natasa
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    Tamás Tóth
    Andras
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    Lili Monori
    Ibolya

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