Adoption (film)

Adoption
Adoption
	Video release poster
Directed by	Márta Mészáros
Written by	Gyula Hernádi; Márta Mészáros; Ferenc Grunwalsky
Starring	Katalin Berek; ;
Cinematography	Lajos Koltai; Márta Mészáros
Edited by
Music by
Distributed by	Kino Video
Release dates	February 1975 (Berlin); 25 September 1975;
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

Adoption (Hungarian: Örökbefogadás) is a 1975 Hungarian drama film directed by Márta Mészáros. It tells the story of Kata, a lonely middle-aged female factory worker, who becomes interested in neglected children and tries to adopt one. It was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Bear.^[1] The film was also selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[2]

Plot summary[]

Cast[]

Katalin Berek as Csentesné – Kata (as Berek Kati)
as Bálint Anna
as Sanyi
László Szabó as Jóska
Flóra Kádár as Erzsi, Jóska's wife
as Anna apja
as Anna anyja
as Intézetigazgató
as (as Józsa Erika)

References[]

^ "Berlinale 1975: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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[berlinale-1] "Berlinale 1975: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2010-07-11.

[2] Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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Adoption (film)

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