Diary for My Children (1984)
Overview
After having lost her parents, young Juli returns from the Soviet Union to her native Budapest. Scarred by the wounds of the past, the ghost of Stalin’s oppression haunts her as she reunites with her aunt and adoptive mother Magda.
Cast
Czinkóczi Zsuzsa
Juli
Anna Polony
Magda
Földi Teri
Magda (voice)
Jan Nowicki
Janos
Sándor Oszter
János (voice)
Pál Zolnay
Grandfather
Vilmos Kun
Grandfather (voice)
Mari Szemes
Grandmother
Ildikó Bánsági
Juli's mother
Éva Szabó
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