Oh, Bloody Life

Feb 16, 1984

1h 48m

★ 5.3

Overview

The Hungarian Oh, Bloody Life reflects on the heavy emotional toll taken by the repressive Stalin regime. Dorotya Udvaros plays a young actress from a high-born family. The government bias against persons of wealth threatens to destroy her career before it begins. As a final blow, she is threatened with deportation. The exasperation inherent in the film's title is only the tip of the iceberg.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Mafilm

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Cast

Lucy Sziráky

Dorottya Udvaros

Police Captain Sándor Matura

Zoltán Bezerédy

Róbert Guthy, director

András Kern

Baron Kornél Samoday

Ödön Rubold

József Kiptár, teacher and party secretary

László Szacsvay

Ernő Zimányi, editor-in-chief

Lajos Őze

Margit Lukács

Ida Turay

Éva Tímár

István Velenczei

János Körmendi

József Gáti

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