The Door | |
Director: | István Szabó |
Producer: | Jenő Hábermann Sándor Söth |
Starring: | Helen Mirren |
Cinematography: | Elemér Ragályi |
Distributor: | Mokép[1] |
Runtime: | 97 minutes |
Country: | Hungary |
Language: | English |
The Door (Hungarian: '''Az ajtó''') is a 2012 English-language Hungarian drama film directed by István Szabó and starring Martina Gedeck and Helen Mirren.[2] It is based on the Hungarian novel of the same name concerning the relationship of a novelist (Gedeck) and her eccentric maid (Mirren) in early-1970s Hungary.[3]
The film was selected to be featured in the competition programme at the 34th Moscow International Film Festival.[4] It also won the Michael Curtiz Audience Award at the Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles in November 2012.[5] [6]