During the rising of nazism, Sylvia, a rich but sterile woman, needs an heir to inherit her father's money. So she bribes Irene, a Jewish girl, to have a child by her husband.
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Isabelle Huppert
Irén
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Lili Monori
Szílvia
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Jan Nowicki
Ákos
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Zita Perczel
Teréz
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Szabó Sándor
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Zsolt Körtvélyessy
Soldier (friend of Ákos)
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Witold Holtz
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Éva Gyulányi
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Zoltán Jancsó
Piotr Skrzynecki
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Kati Sír
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Laurin
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Frigyes Szorondy
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Márta Mészáros Director · Jan Nowicki Writer Ildikó Kórody Writer
First release June 6, 1980 · Produced in Hungary, France · Languages German, Hungarian
Production
Hungary · France
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Languages
Original title
Örökség
Original language
Hungarian
Spoken on screen
German · Hungarian
Release dates
Hungary · June 6, 1980
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No release date listed for United States.
France
June 11, 1980 · Theatrical
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