Adoption (film)

Adoption
Video release poster
Directed by Márta Mészáros
Starring Katalin Berek
Music by György Kovács
Edited by Éva Kármentő
Distributed by Kino Video
Release date
  • February 1975 (1975-02) (Berlin)
  • 25 September 1975 (1975-09-25)
Running time
89 minutes
Country Hungary
Language Hungarian

Adoption (Hungarian: Örökbefogadás) is a 1975 Hungarian drama film directed by Márta Mészáros. It tells the story of Kata, an unmarried female factory worker, who becomes interested in neglected children and tries to adopt one. It was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Bear.[1] The film was also selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]

Cast

  • Katalin Berek – Csentesné – Kata (as Berek Kati)
  • Gyöngyvér Vigh – Bálint Anna
  • Péter Fried – Sanyi
  • László Szabó – Jóska
  • István Szőke
  • Flóra Kádár – Erzsi, Jóska's wife
  • Janos Boross – Anna apja
  • Erzsi Varga – Anna anyja
  • István Kaszás – Intézetigazgató
  • Anikó Kiss
  • Zsófi Mészáros
  • Judit Felvidéki
  • Irén Rácz
  • Erika Jozsi – (as Józsa Erika)
  • András Szigeti

See also

References

  1. "Berlinale 1975: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
  2. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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