Passion (1998 film)
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Passion is a 1998 Hungarian
drama film
directed by György Fehér. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival
. It is based on the novel The Postman Always Rings Twice
by James M. Cain
.
Cinema of Hungary
Hungary has had a notable cinema industry from the beginning of the 20th century, with Hungarians who affected the world of motion picture both inside and outside the borders...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by György Fehér. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...
section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival
1998 Cannes Film Festival
The 51st Cannes Film Festival was held on May 13-24, 1998. The Palme d'Or went to the Greek film Mia aioniotita kai mia mera by Theo Angelopoulos.- Jury :*Martin Scorsese *Alain Corneau *Chiara Mastroianni...
. It is based on the novel The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1934 crime novel by James M. Cain.The novel was quite successful and notorious upon publication, and is regarded as one of the more important crime novels of the 20th century...
by James M. Cain
James M. Cain
James Mallahan Cain was an American author and journalist. Although Cain himself vehemently opposed labeling, he is usually associated with the hardboiled school of American crime fiction and seen as one of the creators of the roman noir...
.
Cast
- Ildikó Bánsági - The wife
- Djoko Rosic - The husband
- János Derzsi - The man
- István Lénárt - The attorney
- László GálffiLaszlo GalffiLászló Gálffi is a Hungarian actor. He was born in Budapest.One of his better known roles is that of King Ludwig II of Bavaria in Tony Palmer's epic film production of Wagner, in which Galffi acted alongside cinema greats Richard Burton, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Laurence Olivier and Vanessa...
- The priest - Zoltán BezerédyZoltán BezerédyZoltán Bezerédy is a Hungarian actor. He has appeared in 65 films and television shows since 1980. He starred in the 1985 film Elsö kétszáz évem, which was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
- The doctor's scribe (as Bezerédi Zoltán) - Géza Bereményi - The doctor
- Dénes Ujlaky
- Péter Haumann - The lawyer
- Gergõ Borhi
- Imre Csuja
- Gábor Székely
- Tibor Viczkó