Kati Berek Movies
- 1984
This musical is actually a filmed live performance of the story of King Stephan I of Hungary (ca. 977-1038) who brought Roman Catholicism into the country, united previously separate Magyar states, suppressed pagan beliefs by force, reformed the Church, and supported monasteries and abbeys. He was canonized in 1083 and is the patron saint of Hungary. "Istvan, A Kiraly" was an already popular rock opera and its albums selling well when director Gabor Koltay decided to film a full performance in 1984. Cinematic techniques such as slow motion and freeze-framing add to the drama, just as Dolby Stereo brings out the vocal and instrumental tonalities of the very professional singers and musicians. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Kati Berek
- 1976
Janos (Jan Nowicki) is a factory foreman, who is smitten by the beauty of Juli (Lili Monori) and begins a romance with her. Incredibly jealous from the outset, he becomes quite abusive when he discovers she has a child, whom her parents are raising. Nonetheless, he presses her to marry him, and she consistently refuses. Later, he discovers that the father of her child is a friend of his, and he heaps her with abuse in the presence of his wealthy parents. Even though he has made her pregnant once again, she still refuses to marry her, despite his pleas and threats. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lili Monori, Jan Nowicki, (more)
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, Rovi
- Starring:
- Kati Berek, Laszlo Szabo, (more)
- 1969
When a disillusioned journalist has a nervous breakdown, he loses his family and his vocation as he tries to come to grips with his dilemma. His wife leaves him because he no longer has the idealistic fervor she feels he once possessed. He feels increasingly alienated from the fast-growing, mechanical society as he mourns the loss of the importance of people as individuals. He slowly becomes bitter, cynical and tries to forget his troubles in a series of tawdry affairs with bawdy women. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Ivan Darvas, Kati Berek, (more)
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