''Adoption'' () is a 1975 Hungarian
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Márta Mészáros
Márta Mészáros (born 19 September 1931) is a Hungarian screenwriter and film director. The daughter of László Mészáros, a sculptor, Mészáros began her career working in documentary film, having made 25 documentary shorts over the span o ...
. It was entered into the
25th Berlin International Film Festival
The 25th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 27 June – 8 July 1975.
The Golden Bear was awarded to ''Adoption'' directed by Márta Mészáros. The retrospective dedicated to Greta Garbo was shown at the festival.
Jury
Th ...
, where it won the
Golden Bear
The Golden Bear () is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival and is, along with the Palme d'Or and the Golden Lion, the most important international film festival award. The bear is the heraldic an ...
.
The film was also selected as the Hungarian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film at the
48th Academy Awards
The 48th Academy Awards were presented Monday, March 29, 1976, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. The ceremonies were presided over by Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw (actor), Robert Shaw, George Segal, Goldie Hawn, and Ge ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Plot summary
The film tells the story of Kata, a 42-year-old female factory worker who lives alone near a residential care facility for abandoned children. She has a relationship with a married man, with whom she would like to have a child. He declines the offer, and the woman becomes interested in Anna, a girl from the children's home. She helps Anna marry her boyfriend, and decides to adopt a baby from the orphanage.
As Mészáros' ''Nine Months'' (1976), ''Adoption'' starts with a semi-documentary sequence shot inside a factory.
Cast
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Katalin Berek
Katalin Berek (7 October 1930 – 26 February 2017), also known as Kati, was a Hungarian actress. She appeared in more than 40 films and television shows between 1950 and 2001. She starred in the 1975 film ''Adoption'', which won the Golde ...
as Csentesné – Kata (as Berek Kati)
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Gyöngyvér Vigh as Bálint Anna
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Péter Fried as Sanyi
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László Szabó as Jóska
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István Szőke
István Szőke (13 February 1947 – 1 June 2022) was a Hungarian footballer who played as a midfielder for Ferencvárosi TC.Flóra Kádár
Flóra Kádár (; 4 August 1928 – 3 January 2003) was a Hungarian actress. She was known for her roles of ''Mrs. Hackl'' in the film Sunshine, ''Redl's sister'' in the film Colonel Redl, and ''Erzsi, Jóska's wife'' in the film Adoption.
Li ...
as Erzsi, Jóska's wife
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Janos Boross as Anna apja
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Erzsi Varga as Anna anyja
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István Kaszás
István () is a Hungarian language equivalent of the name Stephen or Stefan. It may refer to:
People with the given name Nobles, palatines and judges royal
* Stephen I of Hungary (c. 975–1038), last grand prince of the Hungarians and first k ...
as Intézetigazgató
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Anikó Kiss
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Zsófi Mészáros
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Judit Felvidéki
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*Judit Bar-Ilan (1958–2019), Israeli computer scientist
*Judit Elek (born 1937), Hungarian film director and screenwriter
*Ju ...
*
Irén Rácz
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Erika Jozsi as (as Józsa Erika)
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András Szigeti
András () is a Hungarian masculine given name, the Hungarian form of ''Andrew''. Notable people with the name include:
* András Ádám-Stolpa (1921–2010), Hungarian tennis player
* András Adorján (1950–2023), Hungarian writer
* András ...
See also
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References
External links
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1975 films
1970s Hungarian-language films
Films about adoption
1975 drama films
Golden Bear winners
Films directed by Márta Mészáros
Hungarian black-and-white films
Hungarian drama films
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