

On receiving a letter from her mother, a quiet working-class girl leaves the state orphanage in Budapest where she grew up and takes a trip to the rural countryside to visit her.
Directed by Márta Mészáros
User score
21 votes
Released
May 16, 1968
1h 21m
Hungarian

Kati Kovács
Szõnyi Erzsi

Teri Horváth
Zsámbokiné

Ádám Szirtes
Zsámboki

Gábor Agárdy
A züllött szabó

Zsuzsa Pálos
Mari

András Kozák
Gábor

Harsányi Gábor
Zsámboki Lajos

Ilona Gurnik
Tanárnõ Fóton
Gáspár Jancsó
(as Jancsó Gáspár)

Juhász Jácint
Fiú a vonatról

Zsolt Körtvélyessy
Mari barátja (as Körtvélyesi Zsolt)

Ida Siménfalvy
(as Siménfalvi Ida)

János Bródy
Musician (uncredited)

Szabó László
Francia autós (uncredited)

Levente Szörényi
Musician (uncredited)