Section: POLSKIE HORYZONTY: The Female Gaze

Édes Emma, Drága Böbe

Sweet Emma, dear Böbe

Hungary, Germany, 1992, 81 Min

After a number of foreign productions Oscar Award-winning director István Szabó returned to contemporary events in his native Hungary back in 1992, with this study of how two young Russian teachers deal with a loss of social status in the aftermath of the fall of communism.

Magyar Nemzeti Digitális Archívum és Filmintézet

Prior to 1989 Emma and Böbe, two Russian teachers, enjoyed widespread respect and social security. The change of political system renders them superfluous however, as they are deprived of both status and work. Despite attempting to learn English in order to keep a step ahead of the game, their earnings are now so meagre that they're forced to share a single room in a boarding house. In a struggle for survival Emma takes up cleaning, whilst Böbe puts her good looks to use, regardless of the means however all they both yearn for is a dignified, fulfilling life. KF

Filmformat
DVD | Farbe / colour

Drehbuch
István Szabó, Andrea Vészits

Kamera
Lajos Koltai

Ton
György Kovács

Schnitt
Eszter Kovács

Ausstattung
Attila Kovács

Musik
Mihály Móricz, Tibor Bornai, Feró Nagy, Robert Schumann

Darsteller
Johanna ter Steege, Enikő Börcsök, Péter Andorai, Éva Kerekes, Irma Patkos

Produzent
Gabriella Grósz

Produktion
Objektív Filmstúdió Vállalat

Co-Produktion
Manfred Durniok Filmproduktion

Kontakt
Magyar Nemzeti Digitális Archívum és Filmintézet
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1021 Budapest
Hungary
Tel.: +36.1.394.13 22
info@mandarchiv.hu
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- born 1938 in Budapest, Hungary. He studied at the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest. His international breakthrough came with MEPHISTO, an adaptation of Klaus Mann´s novel, for which he received an Academy Award in 1982. Since 2001 he is Honorary President of the FilmFestival Cottbus.

Movies
MEPHISTO (1981)
BALI (1984)
OBERST VENUS (1995)
HANUSSEN (1988)
MEETING VENUS (1991, FilmFestival Cottbus 1992)
AKTOK (1992)
SUNSHINE (1999)
TAKING SIDES (2001)
EURÓPÁBÒL EURÓPÁBA (2003, FilmFestival Cottbus 2005)
BEING JULIA (2004)
ROKONOK (2006, FilmFestival Cottbus 2008)

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