Sweet Anna

Sweet Anna (1958)

Édes Anna

Lovely young maid Anna works for the noble Vizy family. Mrs Vizy, while proud of the hard-working servant, doesn't treat her well. Her nephew seduces Anna with sweet words, but abandons her as soon as she gets pregnant.

Date of release
1958-11-06
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Drama
Director
Zoltán Fábri

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Anna Édes

Édes Anna is a 1958 Hungarian drama film directed by Zoltán Fábri. It was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. The film is sometimes referred to in English as Sweet Anna, Sweet Anne or Sweet Ann.

Production

An adaptation of Dezső Kosztolányi's 1926 novel of the same name, the film stars Mari Törőcsik in the title role. The film only had minor deviations and "a more sociological and historical edge by downplaying the psychological dimensions" from the novel.

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