Meeting Venus

1h 59m 1991

Brief Synopsis

A Hungarian conductor attempts to stage an opera in Paris with a multinational company.

Cast & Crew

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Istvan Szabo

Director

Rita Scholl

Ivan Verebely

Ferenc Harangozo

Andras Kepes

Maria De Medeiros

Film Details

Also Known As
La Tentation de Venus, Tentation de Venus, La, Zauber Der Venus
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Musical
Romance
Release Date
1991
Distribution Company
Warner Bros. Pictures International (WBI)
Location
Paris, France; Budapest, Hungary

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 59m

Synopsis

A Hungarian conductor attempts to stage an opera in Paris with a multinational company.

Director

Istvan Szabo

Director

Cast

Rita Scholl

Ivan Verebely

Ferenc Harangozo

Andras Kepes

Maria De Medeiros

Lili Kepes

Maite Nahyr

Maria Becker

Zsuzsa Manyai

Andras Vamosi

Jozsef Fonyo

Jeno Pataky

Jay O Sanders

Sandor Altemann

Iren Bordan

Johara Racz

Buda Gulyas

Andras Marton

Erika Toth

Sandor Simo

Niels Arestrup

Francoise Delaive

Michael Kroecher

Roberto Pollak

Laszlo Barany Paal

Gyorgyi Tarjan

Eva Ebner

Istvan Komlos

Ildik= Bßnsßgi

Fruzsina Pregitzer

Lithuanian Ballet Group

Eszter Karasz

Jean Guerbay

Moscu Alcalay

Zsuzsa Fazekas

Etienne Chicot

Dorottya Udvaros

Gyorgy Fenyves

Monteith Douglas

Balazs Hantos

Pal Schiffer

Pierre Remund

Dieter Laser

Sandor Szabo

Karoly Ujlaky

Istvan Szilagyi

Manfred Andrae

Glenn Close

Jozsef Csor

Erland Josephson

Macha Meril

Johanna Ter Steege

Andre Chameau

Sandor Kecskes

Brigitte Sy

Marian Labuda

Victor Poletti

Ferenc Gerdesits

Crew

Christian Aeschlimann

Transportation Captain

Giorgio Armani

Wardrobe Assistant

Andre Atelian

Key Grip

Mari Balazs-piri

Wardrobe Assistant

Mihaly Balogh

Props Assistant

Istvan Bartok

Photography

Yves Beaumont

Electrician

David Bedford

Music

Geoffrey Beene

Wardrobe

Kim Begley

Other

Balazs Belafalvy

Camera Operator

Michel Benoit

Grip

Olivier Beriot

Costumes

Marie-odile Bertot

Production Accountant

Jozsef Bitter

Electrician

Arnaud Borrel

Photography

Daisy Boschan

Music

Donatella Botti

Casting

Romain Bremond

Casting

Marc-andre Brunet

Production Supervisor

Christina Burton

Photography

Cecile Cabal

Production Coordinator

Stephane Canda

Grip

Paula Chevallet

Casting

Ingrid Chmella

Production Assistant

James Clark

Editor

Clive Coote

Photography

Martial Corneville

Hairdresser

Catherine Cournot

Other

Janos Csaki

Sound

Valeria Csanyi

Music

Zsuzsa Czege

Assistant Director

Rita Dean

Accounting Assistant

Sandor Domokos

Electrician

Roderick Earle

Other

Tibor Egenhoffer

Construction Manager

Aniko Fazekas

Wardrobe Assistant

Zsolt Feher

Props Assistant

Gyorgy Fek

Music

Elie Ferszt

Electrician

Antal Fodor

Choreographer

Erzsebet Forgacs

Makeup Artist

Martin Fouque

Music Producer

Ian Fuller

Sound Editor

Istvan Galambos

Assistant

Gilbert Gallart

Gaffer

Tamas Gallo

Driver

Andre-noel Gaudin

On-Set Dresser

Dr. Gabriella Grosz

Production

Zsuzsa Gurban

Assistant Director

Hakan Hagegard

Other

John Haines

Sound

Zoltan Hardy

Property Master

Mike Hatch

Sound

Miklos Herczeg

Grip

Michael Hirst

Screenplay

Matthias Holle

Other

Peter Holt

Foley Editor

Zoltan Jando

Other

Laszlo Janicsek

Assistant Director

Marek Janovski

Music Conductor

Marek Janowski

Music Conductor

Agnes Jarfas

Other

Lorand Javor

Art Director

Lorand Javor

Assistant

Gary Jones

Production Accountant

Laurence Jones

Assistant Director

Marianne Kach

Other

Andres Kalman

Production

Andras Kassai

Driver

Simon Kaye

Sound Mixer

Ildiko Kemeny

Assistant

Valerie Kemp

Assistant

Risa Kes

Casting

Anna Kobol

Other

Rene Kollo

Other

Ferenc Koloncsak

Other

Tamas Kolpaszky

Unit Manager

Lajos Koltai

Director Of Photography

Janos Koncsek

Driver

Attila Kovacs

Production Designer

Gyula Kovacs

Other

Julia Kovacs

Production

Miklos Kozma

Driver

Adrianne Kun

Assistant Editor

Renate Kupfer

Executive Producer

Claudine Lachaud

Assistant Costume Designer

Dominique Lallier

Unit Manager

Marion Lary

Assistant Director

Hoang Le Van

Accounting Assistant

Robin Leggate

Other

Benoit Lemaire

Production Assistant

Csaba Lengyel

Transportation Captain

Catherine Leterrier

Costume Designer

Sean Lewis

Sound

Dick Lewzey

Music

Judit Lokos

Accountant

Phillipe Louis

Assistant Director

Ferenc Ludwig

Driver

Rodney Macann

Other

Xavier Machain

Caterer

Laszlo Makai

On-Set Dresser

Marc Marmier

Propman

Claude Martini

Other

John Mccarthy

Other

Agi Menyhart

On-Set Dresser

Ray Merrin

Sound

Dorka Miklos

Music

Zsigmond Molcsan

Best Boy

Patrice Monier

Assistant

Nick Moore

Assistant Editor

Attila Nagy

Camera Assistant

Laszlo Nagy

Construction Manager

Sandor Nagy

Camera Assistant

Eric Nove

Grip

Gyorgy Ordody

Assistant Director

Istvan Osz

Electrician

Lajos Ovari

Production Manager

Julia Overton

Production Coordinator

Tihamer Palotai

Driver

Sylvie Partiot

Sound

Uberto Pasolini

Associate Producer

Istvan Pataki

Wardrobe Assistant

Louis Perralta

Electrician

Isabelle Pesque

Assistant

Benedicte Pinateau

Production Assistant

Gabor Pinter

Assistant Director

Dominique-henri Plez

Makeup Artist

Imre Poka

Driver

Patsy Pollock

Casting

Rachel Portman

Music

Gabriella Prekop

Associate Producer

Gabriella Prekop

Consultant

Imre Pumer

Unit Manager

David Puttnam

Producer

Stella Quef

Production Manager

Pat Rambaut

Script Supervisor

Annick Redon

Wardrobe Assistant

Patrick Renault

Electrician

Natasha Ross

Production Assistant

Bill Rowe

Sound

Jean-claude Rubio

Production Assistant

Jean-luc Russier

Makeup Artist

Balazs Sara

Camera Operator

Guy Savidan

Electrician

Robert Schumann

Music

Ervin Schwender

Caterer

Karoly Sipos

Electrician

Kornel Sipos

Driver

Maria Soltesz

Cashier

Renate Spingler

Other

Tommy Staples

Boom Operator

Andy Stears

Assistant Sound Editor

Zsuzsa Stenger

Wardrobe Supervisor

Jacqueline Stuffel

Hairdresser

Dawn Swiech

Dialogue Coach

Istvan Szabo

Screenplay

Margit Szalontai

Other

Rozi Szegedi

Hairdresser

Josef Szucs

Electrician

Laszlo Szucs

Unit Manager

Andrßs T=th

Grip

Kiri Te Kanawa

Other

Kiri Te Kanawa

Song Performer

Antal Torok

Gaffer

Michael Trent

Assistant Editor

Jozsef Trombitas

Grip

Istvan Trudics

Other

Gabor Ujhazy

Unit Manager

Roger Vignoles

Other

Louise Vincent

Dialogue Coach

Pierre Vormeringer

Electrician

Richard Wagner

Music

C T S Wembley

Music

Julie Williamson

Production Assistant

Julia Wilson-dickson

Dialogue Coach

Stefan Witzel

Rerecording Assistant

Kenneth Woollam

Advisor

Zimre Zollei

Other

Andras Zsombok

Driver

Film Details

Also Known As
La Tentation de Venus, Tentation de Venus, La, Zauber Der Venus
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Musical
Romance
Release Date
1991
Distribution Company
Warner Bros. Pictures International (WBI)
Location
Paris, France; Budapest, Hungary

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 59m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Expanded Release in United States December 13, 1991

Released in United States 1991

Released in United States Fall November 15, 1991

Released in United States September 1991

Shown at Boston Film Festival September 9-19, 1991.

Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (closing night) September 19-28, 1991.

Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival September 27 - October 6, 1991.

Shown at Venice Film Festival (in competition) September 3-14, 1991.

Began shooting August 6, 1990.

Completed shooting November 9, 1990.

Film falls under David Puttnam's $50,000,000 production consortium with Warner Bros, British Satellite Broadcasting, Fujisankei and NatWest Ventures.

Released in United States 1991 (Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival September 27 - October 6, 1991.)

Released in United States September 1991 (Shown at Boston Film Festival September 9-19, 1991.)

Released in United States September 1991 (Shown at San Sebastian International Film Festival (closing night) September 19-28, 1991.)

Released in United States September 1991 (Shown at Venice Film Festival (in competition) September 3-14, 1991.)

Released in United States Fall November 15, 1991

Expanded Release in United States December 13, 1991

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