1943. French POWs escape through Hungary towards the Balkan. Jacques and Gérard are caught and taken to an internment camp at Lake Balaton. Jacques meets Klári here, who was abandoned by her military officer husband for her Jewish origin. Both want to have a short affair, but love unfolds between them.
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Vajda Klári
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Szomszédok
Requiem
André Dussollier
Jacques
Known for
Beauty and the Beast
Tell No One
András Kovács
György Illés
Szabó László
László / Gérard
Known for
Made in U.S.A
Le Petit Soldat
György Vukán
Ágnes Bánfalvy
Márta (as Bánfalvi Ági)
Known for
An American Rhapsody
Mephisto
Ferencné Szécsényi
Christian Van Cau
A francia attasé
Also in
Valparaiso, Valparaiso
Paris Does Not Exist
Tamás Vayer
Ferenc Bács
Egy magyar ezredes
Known for
Gloomy Sunday
Erzsébet Mialkovszky
András Kovács Director · György Vukán Composer György Illés Cinematographer
First release July 13, 1981 · Produced in Hungary · Original title Ideiglenes paradicsom
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Hungary
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Original title
Ideiglenes paradicsom
Original language
Hungarian
Spoken on screen
Hungarian
Release dates
Russia · July 13, 1981
Moscow Film Festival
Hungary · September 24, 1981
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No release date listed for United States.
Germany
May 21, 1982
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