My First Two Hundred Years
6.5
Divided into two different halves separated by mood and subject matter, this is an uneven drama about the experience of one Hungarian Jew before and during the fascist takeover of Budapest. The hero Pali (Zoltan Bezeredi) arrives back in Budapest from the U.S. and meanders among the intellectual and social elite before he leaves for a brief stay in England. There he has an even briefer affair with a happy-go-lucky aspiring actress (Anna Kubik), and after a few other encounters with movie mavens, he heads back to Budapest -- quite inexplicably. The rest of the film deteriorates into a dark realm of hatred and violence.
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Cast
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Zoltán Bezerédi
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Zoltán Bezerédy
Királyhegyi Pál (as Bezerédi Zoltán)
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H.M. Deserters
Pál Királyhegyi
Gyula Maár
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József Bajusz
Anna Kubik
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The Bad Doctor
Mari Törőcsik
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Tamás Major
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Béla Both
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Gyula Benkő
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Kántor
Jiří Adamíra
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Gyula Maár Director
First release February 28, 1985 · Produced in Hungary · Original title Első kétszáz évem
Production
MAFILM Objektív Filmstúdió
Production
Hungary
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Languages
Original title
Első kétszáz évem
Original language
Hungarian
Spoken on screen
Hungarian
Release dates
Hungary · February 28, 1985
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
February 1, 1986 · Berlin International Film Festival
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