The Door (2012 film)

2012 film

The Door (Hungarian: Az ajtó) is a 2012 English-language Hungarian drama film directed by István Szabó and starring Martina Gedeck and Helen Mirren.^[2] It is based on the Hungarian novel of the same name concerning the relationship of a novelist (Gedeck) and her eccentric maid (Mirren) in early-1970s Hungary.^[3]

The film was selected to be featured in the competition programme at the 34th Moscow International Film Festival.^[4] It also won the Michael Curtiz Audience Award at the Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles in November 2012.^[5][6]

Cast

• Helen Mirren as Emerenc
• Martina Gedeck as Magda
• Károly Eperjes as Tibor
• Gábor Koncz as The Lt. Colonel
• Enikő Börcsök as Sutu
• Ági Szirtes as Polett
• Erika Marozsán as Eva "Evike" Großman
• Ildikó Tóth as Doctor
• Mari Nagy as Adél
• Péter Andorai as Mr. Brodarics

Awards

• Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles – Michael Curtiz Audience Award: The Door (2012)

References

1. "The Door-Hungarian Box Office". Box Office Mojo.
2. Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 135. ISBN 978-1908215017.
3. "The Door". Retrieved 10 February 2017.
4. "Szabó Film in Competition in Moscow". culture.hu. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
5. "Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles". hufestival. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
6. "A Vizsga nyerte a Los Angeles-i Magyar Filmfesztivált". magyar.film. Retrieved 2 December 2012.

External links

• The Door at IMDb