The Red Countess (movie)

Name: The Red Countess
Director: András Kovács
Released: 1984-7-12
Rating: 5
Cast: Juli Básti, Ferenc Bács, Ferenc Kállai, Hédi Temessy, Edit Frajt

A vörös grófnő

User score: 5
Production country: Hungary
Producer: András Kovács
Genre: Drama
Release date: 8/12/1984
Run time: 180 min.

Movie description

The plot of the film starts at the beginning of the century, in the heyday of the Andrássy and Károlyi families, during the ever increasing crisis of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, and ends with the emigration of the Károlyi couple after the collapse of the 1918-19 revolutions. It tells the story of this historical period (war, revolution, take-over by the proletariat, dictatorship) from the view of an extremely wealthy lady, Andrássy Katinka. The authors tried to evoke the special story during which a strange and unique woman gets thoroughly involved in history through her love and at the same time keeps her own identity and self-governance.