The Day before Yesterday (1982)

3.3/10 112 min Drama

Overview

In 1947 Hungary, Dorottya is expelled from school for possessing Communist literature and joins a party cell to remain near her lover, only to fall for and marry the group’s leader. After the Communist takeover, her husband vanishes in a political purge, leaving her to suspect her former lover played a role in his disappearance. Now a disillusioned factory cleaner, she is forced to confront her past and face a bleak future alone under the rising Stalinist regime.

Cast

Éva Igó

Károly Nemcsák

György Dörner

Marianna Moór

Lajos Őze

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