Diary for My Children
1984•1h 46m•7.0•Released
Drama
After having lost her parents, young Juli returns from the Soviet Union to her native Budapest. Scarred by the wounds of the past, the ghost of Stalin’s oppression haunts her as she reunites with her aunt and adoptive mother Magda.
Director
Márta Mészáros
Writer
Márta Mészáros
Languages
Hungarian
Studio
Budapest Játékfilmstúdió
Cast
Czinkóczi Zsuzsa
Juli
Anna Polony
Magda
Földi Teri
Magda (voice)
Jan Nowicki
Janos
Sándor Oszter
János (voice)
Pál Zolnay
Grandfather
Vilmos Kun
Grandfather (voice)
Mari Szemes
Grandmother
Ildikó Bánsági
Juli's mother
Éva Szabó
Ilonka - Magda's housekeeper
Tamás Tóth
Andras - János' son
Production
Company
Budapest Játékfilmstúdió
Company
Mafilm
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