The Hungarian Maria's Day is set in that most fateful of years, 1848. The incredible changes and reverses in European politics and culture exert a potent influence on one aristocratic Hungarian family. Losing virtually everything in the way of creature comforts, the family tries to keep up appearances. Eventually every member of the clan falls victim to illness, syphilis and their own headstrong foolishness. The parallels drawn by director Judith Elek between the dissipation of 19th century Hungarian aristocracy and the corruption of Communist ideology in modern times are inescapable.
Edit Handel
as Szendrey Júlia
Éva Igó
as Szendrey Marika
Sándor Szabó
as Szendrey Ignác
Imre Csiszár
as Gyulai Pál
Tamás Fodor
as Horváth Árpád
Lajos Kovács
as Petõfi István
Gábor Svidrony
as Kisárpád, Júlia fia
György Rácz
as Attila, Júlia fia
Kati Bulcsu
as Júlia lánya
