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My Twentieth Century (1989)

My Twentieth Century (1989)

Science Fiction Drama Comedy
Release Date: 1989, September 1
Directors: Ildikó Enyedi
Countries: Cuba, Germany, Hungary
Production: freihändler filmproduktion, Hamburger Filmbüro, Magyar Filmgyártó Vállalat, Budapest Stúdió Vállalat
Cast: Oleg Yankovskiy, Dorota Segda, Gabor Maté, Paulus Manker, Sándor Téri, Péter Andorai, Sándor Czvetkó, Gyula Kéry, Endre Koronczi

Overview:

A tale of twin girls, Dóra and Lili, who are born in 1880 Budapest at the same moment Thomas Edison presents his electric lightbulb to the world. The sisters are soon orphaned and separated in childhood, and follow different paths: one grows up to be a naïvely idealistic, bomb-toting anarchist, the other a pampered, hedonistic courtesan. Their paths cross once again on the Orient Express on New Year's Eve 1899...

Keywords:

woman director