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MPAA Rating: NR Movie Release: 1975 DVD Release: 08/03/2004 Format: DVD - Black and White Audio Tracks: Hungarian Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 29 mins Studio: Kino Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Drama, Feminist Film

The film zeroes in on two women: Kata, older and widowed, and Anna, a downtrodden young women kept in a children's institution by her unloving parents. Her own sense of self-value strengthened by an unhappy love affair (she realizes that all fault lay with the man), Kata helps free Anna from her family's influence. Anna gets married, while Kata adopts a child from the institution where Anna had previously dwelled. A winner of several film awards in its country of origin, The Adoption was directed by Marta Meszaros, the wife of renowned Hungarian filmmaker Miklos Jancso. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Kati Berek - Kata Csentes
Laszlo Szabo - Joska