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Diary for My Children

Original title: Napló gyermekeimnek
  • 19841984
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 46m
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7.4/10
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Diary for My Children (1984)
From one of the foremost woman directors comes a personal story of how history and the individual impact each other. A young woman (Juli) returns to her homeland only to find the horrors she escaped have infected it also.
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Having lost her parents to Stalin's purges, a girl returns from Soviet Union to her native Hungary to live with her Stalinist aunt.Having lost her parents to Stalin's purges, a girl returns from Soviet Union to her native Hungary to live with her Stalinist aunt.Having lost her parents to Stalin's purges, a girl returns from Soviet Union to her native Hungary to live with her Stalinist aunt.
IMDb RATING
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861
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    • Márta Mészáros
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  • Stars
    • Zsuzsa Czinkóczi
    • Teri Földi(voice)
    • Anna Polony
    • Márta Mészáros
    • Márta Mészáros
  • Stars
    • Zsuzsa Czinkóczi
    • Teri Földi(voice)
    • Anna Polony
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    • 11Critic reviews
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    Zsuzsa Czinkóczi
    • Juli
    Teri Földi
    • Magda
    • (voice)
    Anna Polony
    Anna Polony
    • Magda - Juli nagynénje
    Jan Nowicki
    Jan Nowicki
    • János
    Sándor Oszter
    • János
    • (voice)
    Mari Szemes
    • Nagymama
    Vilmos Kun
    • Nagypapa
    • (voice)
    Pál Zolnay
    • Nagypapa
    Ildikó Bánsági
    Ildikó Bánsági
    • Juli anyja
    Éva Szabó
    • Ilonka - Magda házvezetõnõje
    Tamás Tóth
    • János fia
    Éva Almássy Albert
    Kati Bus
    György Bõsze
    Péter Czibulás
    Éva Gyulányi
    Alíz Halda
    Antal Horváth
      • Márta Mészáros
      • Márta Mészáros
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    9/10
    Fractured Existence
    The peace sure can be a living hell. Juli, a survivor of WWII, finds herself back in her homeland, without her mother and father. At the heart of this story is a woman trying to put the pieces back together - desperately clinging onto the memories of the past; whilst the iron curtain continues to dautingly pervade everyone's existence. This is a fantastic film that articulates the experience of that time and place.
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      • May 3, 1984 (Hungary)
      • Hungary
      • Hungarian
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      • Budapest, Hungary
    • Production companies
      • Budapest Játékfilmstúdió
      • Mafilm
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    • 1 hour 46 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Mono

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