Love (1971 film)

Love
Directed by	Károly Makk
Written by	Péter Bacsó Tibor Déry (novel)
Starring	Lili Darvas Mari Törőcsik
Cinematography	János Tóth
Editing by	György Sívó
Distributed by	Ajay Film Company (USA)
Release dates	21 January 1971 (1971-01-21)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

Love (Hungarian: Szerelem) is a 1971 Hungarian drama film directed by Károly Makk. Based on two short stories by Tibor Déry, Szerelem (1956) and Két asszony (1962), it stars Lili Darvas and Mari Törőcsik. It won three prizes, including the Jury Prize at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] The film was also selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 44th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[2]

Cast

• Lili Darvas - Az öregasszony
• Mari Törőcsik - Luca
• Iván Darvas - János
• Erzsi Orsolya - Irén
• László Mensáros - Az orvos
• Tibor Bitskey - Feri (as Bitskei Tibor)
• András Ambrus - Börtönőr
• József Almási - Tanár
• Zoltán Bán - Borbély
• Éva Bányai - Feriék szolgálója
• Ágnes Dávid - Feriék szolgálója
• Mária Garamszegi - Feriék szolgálója
• Alíz Halda - Tanárnő
• Magda Horváth - Kissné
• Nóra Káldi - Az öregasszony fiatalon (as Káldy Nóra)

Historical background

Károly Makk tells the story of a young Hungarian woman whose husband has been arrested by the secret police and who eases the last months of his mother with the tale that her son is in America. In 1953 after the death of Soviet premier Joseph Stalin many arrested people were released in Hungary. The film "Love" won the Jury Prize at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival and is one of Derek Malcolm / The Guardian's Top 100 Films of the 20th Century.

See also

• List of submissions to the 44th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Hungarian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links

• Love at the Internet Movie Database
• Love at allmovie