| The Hungarian Dressmaker | |
| Director: | Iveta Grófová |
| Story: | Peter Krištúfek Iveta Grófová |
| Producer: | Zuzana Mistríková Ondřej Trojan |
| Starring: | Alexandra Borbély Nico Klimek Milan Ondrík |
| Editing: | Martin Malo |
| Runtime: | 129 minutes |
| Country: | Slovakia, Czechia |
| Language: | German, Hungarian, Slovak |
The Hungarian Dressmaker (sk|Ema a smrtihlav) is a Slovak and Czech 2024 coproduction drama movie directed by Iveta Grófová. The World War II-era movie tells a story of the Hungarian widow Marika, who hides a Jewish boy from a fascist milita in her house nearby Bratislava. The story is an adaptation of an eponymous novel by Peter Krištúfek. The movie was the Slovak Submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for the 97th Academy Awards.[1]
Slovak Republic, 1940. The shadow of World War II looms large, and the newly established Slovak state embraces a nationalist ideology that targets minorities. With the expulsion of Czechs complete, the regime sets its sights on the Jewish population, commencing their deportation. Amidst this turmoil, Marika, a Hungarian widow living in a small village, faces the repercussions of this escalating persecution. Having lost her job in Bratislava due to her ethnicity, she now finds her village overrun by the Hlinka Guard, whose mission is to assert Slovak dominance.
Marika's situation becomes even more precarious as she secretly shelters a young Jewish boy. Striving to avoid detection, she nevertheless attracts the unwanted attention of two powerful figures: a Slovak Hlinka Guard captain and a German Nazi officer. Caught between their competing interests, Marika must rely on her wits and courage to safeguard the boy and survive in an increasingly dangerous world.[2]