Glamour
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Frigyes Godros
Karoly Eperjes
Eszter Onodi
Gyorgy Barko
Antal Cserna
Katinka Cseke
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The tumultuous history of Hungary through the twentieth century is viewed through the saga of the Hungarian-Jewish, furniture-manufacturing family, the Vendels. After taking over the once successful, but now failing, family business in the 1930s, the family patriarch's dashing elder son decides that the family needs an infusion of new blood. A matchmaker presents him with a photo of a pretty German nursery school teacher. When the two meet, they instantly fall in love, but because Hungary has an alliance with Germany, and the Third Reich prohibits marriage between Gentiles and Jews, the couple must hide their union. Their marriage ultimately stands as a dark foreshadowing of rougher times to come as troubles ensue with the advent of World War II, when the family, its employees and servants must retreat to the basement, where the shop emerges increasingly as a refuge in a world growing more violent and less tolerant.
Director
Frigyes Godros
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Miscellaneous Notes
Co-Winner, along with Gergely Fonyo's "Johnny Famous" (Hungary/2000), of the Main Prize at the 2000 Hungarian Film Week.
Released in United States February 2000
Released in United States July 2000
Released in United States on Video May 30, 2006
Released in United States Winter January 26, 2001
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 9-20, 2000.
Shown at Hungarian Film Week in Budapest February 3-8, 2000.
Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 5-15, 2000.
Released in United States Winter January 26, 2001
Released in United States February 2000 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama) February 9-20, 2000.)
Released in United States February 2000 (Shown at Hungarian Film Week in Budapest February 3-8, 2000.)
Released in United States on Video May 30, 2006
Released in United States July 2000 (Shown at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 5-15, 2000.)
