Edes Anna (1958) AKA Sweet Ana

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The heroine of this drama played out at the beginning of the Horthy era is a chambermaid who has travelled up from the countryside to work in the capital. Through her vulnerability we clearly see the interdependency of society at that time. Anna moves from paradise to a family lacking in love or compassion, where she loses everything and everyone who once loved her. The director of the film based on the novel of the same name by Dezső Kosztolányi worked out the scenes with absolute precision. Thanks to this and the finest actors of the age, we have one of the most moving films ever made in Hungary.

“From the very moment when Anna turns up in the story, everything you see is presented from her point of view… My purpose was to make the viewer experience along with her the complicated psychological process she is undergoing: the mental stages of heart-sickening solitude, of endless humiliation, of suddenly awakening love, of sudden ecstasy, of the pangs of love, of forsakenness, of ultimate depression, and of final exaltation.” – Zoltán Fábri.

Director: Zoltán Fábri. AKA Sweet Ana
Writers: Péter Bacsó, Zoltán Fábri, Dezsö Kosztolányi (novel).
Stars: Mari Töröcsik, Mária Mezei, Károly Kovács, Zsigmond Fülöp, Béla Barsi, Anna Báró, Kati Böröndi, Zoltán Greguss, Hilda Gobbi, János Horkay, Zoltán Makláry, Gellért Raksányi, Erzsi Simor, Viktória Ujváry, György Kálmán, Éva Vadnai, József Vándor, János Zách.
Cinematographer: Ferenc Szécsényi.
Composer: György Ránki.

1959 Cannes Film Festival – Nominated for the Palme d’Or.

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2 Comments

  1. SAUMITRA SARKAR
    June 28, 2026
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    A classic tale of meek, dumb and the wretched of the earth.

  2. Wolfgang Jahn
    July 9, 2026
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    Masterpiece, 10/10.

    Very depressing story of a young servant. But I like the ending. Can’t write why without major spoilers, but it ain’t what such stories ususally end with. 👍👍

    I got to watch the other two movies here by Zoltan Fabri (and whatever else I can find). Is he the Hungarian Antonio Pietrangeli? Might well be.

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