Diary for My Children (Napló gyermekeimnek) Movie Poster

Diary for My Children (Napló gyermekeimnek)

Diary for My Children (Napló gyermekeimnek)

Diary for My Children is set in Hungary during the turbulent years between 1943 and 1956. Jan Nowicki plays a dual role as the factory-worker friend of revolutionary journalist Anna Polony, and as the political-prisoner father of teen-aged heroine Zsusza Czinkoczi. It is Czinkoczi's involvement with both of the men played by Nowicki, which bridges the film's time-frame. Writer/director Marta Meszaros based the events of Diary for My Children on her own wartime experiences (her father was a Communist artist who died under mysterious circumstances during a Stalinist purge). The film was originally released in Hungary as Napló gyermekeimnek; it was the recipient of a Special Jury Prize at Cannes.
Cast: Zsuzsa Czinkoczi, Anna Polony, Jan Nowicki
Director: Márta Mészáros
Producer(s): Ferenc Szohar
Writer(s): Márta Mészáros