Narcissus and Psyche (1980)

6.4/10 • 261 min • Drama

Overview

Narcisus and Psyche is based on a novel by Sandor Weores which was adapted by Vilmos Csaplar and director Gabor Body for a feature-length film. Borrowing the character of Psyche from mythology and placing her in Europe in the 19th century, the authors give her a "modern" life. She is an attractive young woman - and remains so throughout the film, in spite of one hardship after another. Psyche is libidinous, and her prurient interests shock her staid contemporaries.

Cast

Patricia Adriani

Udo Kier

György Cserhalmi

Maximilian Freiherr von Zedlitz

Dénes Ujlaki

János Derzsi

Zoltán Lovászi

Dénes Ujlaki

Ferdinand Kosztolányi

Zoltán Gera

Orpheum director

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