Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Mari Töröcsik | ... | Mária | |
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Ildikó Tóth | ... | Olga |
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Franciska Töröcsik | ... | young Mária |
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József Wunderlich | ... | Ákos |
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Eva-Maria Prosek | ... | Edith |
Antonio de la Torre | ... | Antonio | |
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Jákob Ladányi | ... | Róbert |
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Ernõ Fekete | ... | Doctor |
György Cserhalmi | ... | Painter | |
Hary Prinz | ... | Stefan | |
Leslaw Zurek | ... | Anton | |
Ewa Telega | ... | Nun Beata | |
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Zsuzsa Czinkóczi | ... | Mária's mother |
Lili Monori | ... | Postman | |
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Andrea Takáts | ... | Nun |
Olga is a successful, workaholic lawyer from Vienna. She discovers a dark family secret that makes her question her whole life. She begins to search for answers, but her mother, Maria has done everything she could to avoid the truth being revealed. While Olga is travelling through her Family's past, she has to face her own life as well.
'Aurora Borealis' is a strongly felt drama, well worth seeing. The emotions are deep, and the movie provides a glimpse into a side of postwar European history, both Austrian and Hungarian, that doesn't get much attention.
Although both my wife and I figured out the general outlines of the deep dark secret, it did not damage our enjoyment of this film. The acting is excellent, especially the two actresses who play Maria, one as a young woman in the 1950s, and the other as an old woman in the present day.