Magda Szabo The Door Film

It is based on the hungarian novel of the same name concerning the relationship of a novelist gedeck and her eccentric maid mirren in early 1970s hungary.

Magda szabo the door film.

Aside the fact that they all speak in accented english most movies with one of more english speaking actors that portray other countries do is made worse by some clumsy dubbing it feels like written by someone that speak bad english the editing is quite bizarre. I liked the book by magda szabo this movie does not do justice to the novel. The book she was reading was a paperback novel with a pale gray cover by the hungarian writer magda szabó called the door it was first published in hungary in 1987 then here in 1995. The film was selected to be featured in the competition programme at the 34th moscow.

The novel documents two decades of life in budapest after the communist takeover in 1948 the novel tells the story of a developing and complicated relationship between a. Directed by istván szabó. An author forms a strange bond with her eccentric maid that will have a lasting effect on both women. Az ajtó is a 2012 english language hungarian drama film directed by istván szabó and starring martina gedeck and helen mirren.

With helen mirren martina gedeck károly eperjes gábor koncz.