Édes Anna Explained

Édes Anna
Director:	Zoltán Fábri
Starring:	Mari Törőcsik
Cinematography:	Ferenc Szécsényi
Editing:	Ferencné Szécsényi
Runtime:	84 minutes
Country:	Hungary
Language:	Hungarian

Édes Anna is a 1958 Hungarian drama film directed by Zoltán Fábri. It was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] The film is sometimes referred to in English as Sweet Anna, Sweet Anne or Sweet Ann.^[2]

Premise

In 1919, in Budapest, Anna, a young peasant girl, starts working as a maid for the wealthy Vizy family.

Cast

• Mari Törőcsik – Anna
• Mária Mezei – Vízyné
• Károly Kovács – Vízy Kornél
• Zsigmond Fülöp – Jancsi
• Béla Barsi – Ficsor
• Anna Báró – Tatárné
• Kati Böröndi – Katica
• Zoltán Greguss – Tatár Gábor
• Hilda Gobbi – Etel
• János Horkay – Druma (as János Horkai)
• György Kálmán
• Zoltán Makláry – Dr. Moviszter
• Gellért Raksányi – Báthory
• Erzsi Simor – Moviszterné
• Viktória Ujváry – (as Újvári Viktória)
• Éva Vadnai – Drumáné

Production

An adaptation of Dezső Kosztolányi's 1926 novel of the same name,^{[3] [4]} the film stars Mari Törőcsik in the title role.^{[5] [6]} The film only had minor deviations and "a more sociological and historical edge by downplaying the psychological dimensions" from the novel.^[7]

Reception

The film has been considered "the epitome of a generation"^[8] and "(o)ne of the most shocking classics in Hungarian film history". It also was noted in the career of Fábri as "a return to his top form, combining a portrait of the 1920s with penetrating psychological analysis."^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Festival de Cannes: Édes Anna . 14 February 2009. festival-cannes.com.
2. Web site: Greenroom . Sweet Ann Compositions . 2024-05-05 . BMC - Budapest Music Center . en.
3. Book: Bühler . Daniel . Klassiker des ungarischen Films . Krause . Stephan . Hilfenhaus . Dominik . 2019-05-01 . Schüren Verlag . 978-3-7410-0191-8 . de.
4. Web site: [PDF] ANNA ÉDES IN BETWEEN FILM AND LITERATURE LÁSZLÓ FÁBIÁN UNIVERSITY OF THEATRE AND FILM DOCTORAL SCHOOL SUMMARY OF DLA THESIS - Free Download PDF ]. 2024-05-05 . silo.tips . en.
5. Book: Taylor . Richard . The BFI Companion to Eastern European and Russian Cinema . Wood . Nancy . Graffy . Julian . Iordanova . Dina . 2019-07-25 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 978-1-83871-849-7 . en.
6. Web site: Törőcsik Mari 85 . 2024-05-05 . filmhu - a magyar moziportál.
7. Book: Cunningham, John . Hungarian cinema: from coffee house to multiplex . 2004 . 92. Wallflower Press . 978-1-903364-79-6 . 1. publ . London.
8. Book: Feigelson, Kristian . Cinéma hongrois: le temps et l'histoire . 2003 . Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle . 978-2-87854-255-4 . fr.
9. Book: Somlyódy . László . Hungarian Arts and Sciences: 1848-2000 . Somlyódy . Nóra . 2003 . Social Science Monographs . 978-0-88033-533-1 . en.