Diary for My Children

Name: Diary for My Children
Genre: Drama
Released: 1984
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 6.9

1984 · 106 min

Drama

★ 6.9

Criterion

Trailer

After having lost her parents, young Juli returns from the Soviet Union to her native Budapest. Scarred by the wounds of the past, the ghost of Stalin’s oppression haunts her as she reunites with her aunt and adoptive mother Magda.

Crew

Director Márta Mészáros
Writer Márta Mészáros
Director of Photography Nyika Jancsó

Cast

Czinkóczi Zsuzsa
Juli
Anna Polony
Magda
Földi Teri
Magda (voice)
Jan Nowicki
Janos
Sándor Oszter
János (voice)
Pál Zolnay
Grandfather
Vilmos Kun
Grandfather (voice)
Mari Szemes
Grandmother
Ildikó Bánsági
Juli's mother
Éva Szabó
Ilonka - Magda's housekeeper
T
Tamás Tóth
Andras - János' son

Crew

Director — Márta Mészáros
Writer — Márta Mészáros
Director of Photography — Nyika Jancsó

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🔥 Hot takes

warming up the wall…

Intermission

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