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My First Two Hundred Years

Divided into two different halves separated by mood and subject matter, this is an uneven drama about the experience of one Hungarian Jew before and during the fascist takeover of Budapest. The hero Pali (Zoltan Bezeredi) arrives back in Budapest from the U.S. and meanders among the intellectual and social elite before he leaves for a brief stay in England. There he has an even briefer affair with a happy-go-lucky aspiring actress (Anna Kubik), and after a few other encounters with movie mavens, he heads back to Budapest -- quite inexplicably. The rest of the film deteriorates into a dark realm of hatred and violence.

Top Cast

  • Zoltán Bezerédi

    Zoltán Bezerédi

  • Dezső Garas

    Dezső Garas

  • Anna Kubik

    Anna Kubik

  • Mari Törőcsik

    Mari Törőcsik

  • Tamás Major

    Tamás Major

  • Gyula Benkő

    Gyula Benkő

  • János Gálvölgyi

    János Gálvölgyi

  • László Márkus

    László Márkus

Overview

Divided into two different halves separated by mood and subject matter, this is an uneven drama about the experience of one Hungarian Jew before and during the fascist takeover of Budapest. The hero Pali (Zoltan Bezeredi) arrives back in Budapest from the U.S. and meanders among the intellectual and social elite before he leaves for a brief stay in England. There he has an even briefer affair with a happy-go-lucky aspiring actress (Anna Kubik), and after a few other encounters with movie mavens, he heads back to Budapest -- quite inexplicably. The rest of the film deteriorates into a dark realm of hatred and violence.

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