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The tumultuous history of Hungary through the twentieth century is viewed through the saga of the Hungarian-Jewish, furniture-manufacturing family, the Vendels. After taking over the once successful, but now failing, family business in the 1930s, the family patriarch's dashing elder son decides that the family needs an infusion of new blood. A matchmaker presents him with a photo of a pretty German nursery school teacher. When the two meet, they instantly fall in love, but because Hungary has an alliance with Germany, and the Third Reich prohibits marriage between Gentiles and Jews, the couple must hide their union. Their marriage ultimately stands as a dark foreshadowing of rougher times to come as troubles ensue with the advent of World War II, when the family, its employees and servants must retreat to the basement, where the shop emerges increasingly as a refuge in a world growing more violent and less tolerant.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 2000-10-19
- video_camera_front Companies Magyar Televízió Müvelödési Föszerkesztöség (MTV), Cascade Films, Focusfilm Kft., Art and Future Film Fabrik, Glamour Kft., Ilona Grundmann Filmproduction
- timer Runtime: 115 Mins
- star Rating: 4 / 10
- favorite Likes: 4 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt0193195
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Károly Eperjes
Apa
Eszter Ónodi
Anya
Antal Cserna
Árjaanti
György Barkó
Nagyapa
Jonas Togay
Kisfiú
Miklós Láng
Kisfiú
Gyula Pauer
Orvos
János Derzsi
Putyi Horváth
Miklós Székely B.
groups Crew
Frigyes Gödrös
Director
Zsuzsa Mihalek
Set Decoration
Frigyes Gödrös
Writer
László Melis
Original Music Composer
Sándor Kardos
Director of Photography
Mária Rigó
Editor
Bertalan Bagó
Casting
Gyula Pauer
Production Design
Gyula Pauer
Visual Effects
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