''Angi Vera '' is a 1978 Hungarian
drama
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film directed by
Pál Gábor and starring
Vera Pap. It was selected as the Hungarian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film at the
52nd Academy Awards
The 52nd Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1979 and took place on April 14, 1980, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, beginning at 6:00 p ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Plot
Vera Angi (Vera Pap) is an employee of a
hospital
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in post-
WWII
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Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...
. She complains to her superiors about the unsanitary conditions in the hospital. As her proletarian background fits in nicely with the new doctrine of the communist regime, she is sent to a six-month education course. While in the school, she falls in love with the teacher István André (Tamás Dunai), while informers make conditions difficult for the students.
Cast
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Vera Pap - Vera Angi (as Pap Veronika)
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Erzsi Pásztor
Erzsi Pásztor (born Erzsébet Pápay; 24 September 1936) is a Hungarian actress. She appeared in more than one hundred films since 1959.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1936 births
Living people
Hungarian film act ...
- Anna Traján
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Éva Szabó - Mária Muskát
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Tamás Dunai - István André
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László Halász - Sas elvtárs
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László Horváth - József Neubauer
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Flóra Kádár - Mrs. János Mikus
See also
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List of submissions to the 52nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
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List of Hungarian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
External links
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1978 films
1978 drama films
1970s Hungarian-language films
Films directed by Pál Gábor
Hungarian drama films
Hungarian-language drama films
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