The Girl
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A young woman leaves a state orphanage to find her mother in this interesting examination of how the overt repression of women in the older pattern of village life has been replaced by the more subtle exploitation inherent in the apparently freer existence of young girls in the contemporary city.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1968-05-16
Runtime: 81 mins
Director: Márta Mészáros
Writer: Márta Mészáros
Spoken language: Magyar
Genres: Drama
Original title: The Girl
Production Companies: Mafilm
Production Countries: Hungary
Cast
Kati Kovács
Teri Horváth
Ádám Szirtes
Agárdi Gábor
Zsuzsa Pálos
András Kozák
Harsányi Gábor
Ilona Gurnik
Gáspár Jancsó
Juhász Jácint
Zsolt Körtvélyessy
Ida Siménfalvy
János Bródy
László Szabó
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