Stalin's Bride

Story

Synopsis

At a dusty crossroads in the Soviet Union villagers surrender their possessions - a horse, a samovar, a goat - to the state. The train which takes them away brings to the village a physically and mentally handicapped woman, barely able to speak. She makes herself bracelets of burrs and studies herself in a cracked and cloudy mirror. Befriended by very few, teased and tormented by many she seeks protection at a huge portrait of Stalin.

Director

Péter Bacsó

Writers

Vladimir Tendryakov, Péter Bacsó, Miklós Köllő

Language

Hungarian

Country

Hungary

Release date

14 August 1991

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Juli Básti

  Paranya

• 

  György Cserhalmi

  Zorka

• 

  Nina Petri

  Liza

• 

  Miklós Benedek

  Andrej Andrejevics

• 

  Zoltán Bezerédy

  Rendõrkapitány

• Barbara Hegyi

  Olga Filimovna

• 

  Pál Mácsai

  Genagyij Pesztyarjov, tornatanár

• 

  Ildikó Pécsi

  Nadezsgya Zsdanova ,szörpárus

• 

  Rajhona Ádám

  Bibakov

• 

  Dénes Ujlaki

  Bavucsilov

• 

  Vajda László

  Szávuskin, rendõr

• 

  János Bán