Confidence
Sign in to saveConfidence () is a 1980 Hungarian film directed by István Szabó, set in the waning days of World War II. It chronicles the story of two resistance members who are compelled to assume the roles of husband and wife in order to evade detection by the Nazis, despite being married to others. The film garnered critical acclaim, earning Szabó the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival and receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 53rd Academy Awards.
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7.6Janos and Kata are thrown together during the Second World War and forced to pose as husband and wife to hide from the Nazis. The intensity and suffocating intimacy of their new relationship and the circumstances in which they find themselves, forces them to confront past prejudices and assumptions and challenge what they truly believe.
Released: 1980-01-10105 minDir: István SzabóDrama
Cast
- Ildikó Bánsági as Kata
- Péter Andorai as János
- Ildikó Kishonti as Erzsi
- Lajos Balázsovits as Kata férje
- Tamás Dunai as Günther Hoffmann
- Zoltán Bezerédy as Pali
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Key facts
- Film.writer
- István Szabó
- Film.name
- Confidence
- Film.director
- István Szabó
- Film.cinematography
- Lajos Koltai
- Film.editing
- Zsuzsa Csákány
- Film.runtime
- 105 minutes
- Film.country
- Hungary
- Film.language
- Hungarian
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Key dates
- Published
- 10 January 1980
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Hungary
- Original language
- Hungarian
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- István Szabó
- Screenwriter
- István Szabó
- Cast member
- Zoltán Bezerédi
- Composer
- Tibor Polgár
- Production company
- Mafilm
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Confidence () is a 1980 Hungarian film directed by István Szabó, set in the waning days of World War II. It chronicles the story of two resistance members who are compelled to assume the roles of husband and wife in order to evade detection by the Nazis, despite being married to others. The film garnered critical acclaim, earning Szabó the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival and receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 53rd Academy Awards.
==Plot== During the closing stages of World War II, amidst the siege of Budapest, Kata (Ildikó Bánsági) is intercepted on her way home from the cinema and informed that her apartment is being searched. She learns that her daughter and husband, a member of the Hungarian resistance, have already fled to safety. With false papers under the alias Mrs. János Bíró, she seeks refuge in a suburban house alongside her "husband" (Péter Andorai), a prominent figure in the resistance movement. In their shared quarters, János treats Kata with aloofness, outlining the rules of hiding: she mustn't leave without his consent and is forbidden from divulging personal information.