Erzsi, living alone in Budapest, keeps up phone and letter contact with her sister Gisa in Germany. Both elderly, they’ve long grown apart in how they face aging: Gisa accepts it, while Erzsi tries to hold on to youth, encouraged by her friend Paula and by Viktor, an aging opera singer and former lover.
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Cast
14 people
Maria Becker
Frau Orban
Also in
Wings of Fame
Recht oder Unrecht
Helmut Qualtinger
Viktor
Known for
The Name of the Rose
István Szabó
Also in
I Served the King of England
Shem
Ulrich Nagel
István Örkény
Günther Naumann
Elisabeth Stepanek
Mäuschen
Also in
Germany Pale Mother
No Mercy, No Future
Lajos Koltai
Jane Tilden
Paula
Also in
Diese Drombuschs
Oh, These Men
Ágnes Gyarmathy
Loni von Friedl
Ilona
Known for
Doppelgänger
The Blue Max
Elke Niemietzek-Carmincke
István Szabó Director · István Örkény Writer Lajos Koltai Cinematographer
First release June 23, 1985 · Produced in Canada, Germany · Languages French, German
Production
SR
Production
Telefilm Saar
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Saarländischer Rundfunk
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Canada · Germany
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Original title
Katzenspiel
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
French · German
Release dates
Germany · June 23, 1985
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No release date listed for United States.
Hungary
June 23, 1985
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