Az én XX. századom

Jan 13 1990 N/A 1h 42m
Comedy, Drama

A tale of twin girls, Dóra and Lili, who are born in 1880 Budapest at the same moment Thomas Edison presents his electric lightbulb to the world. The sisters are soon orphaned and separated in childhood, and follow different paths: one grows up to be a naïvely idealistic, bomb-toting anarchist, the other a pampered, hedonistic courtesan. Their paths cross once again on the Orient Express on New Year's Eve 1899...

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Plot

Separated identical twins ride an Orient Express unaware of each other: a feminist anarchist and a hedonistic courtesan, living under the powder-keg Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Separate families adopted the impoverished orphans. At the dawn of the 20th Century the double-blind experiment hits crescendo for Dora & Lili, born the evening Edison unveiled his incandescent bulb. In 1900, technology was accelerating, could women's rights and national self-determination keep pace?

Written by

Ildikó Enyedi

Directed by

Ildikó Enyedi

Cast

Dorota Segda, Oleg Yankovskiy, Paulus Manker

Crew

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Production Countries

Hungary, Germany, Cuba

Production Companies

Budapest Stúdió Vállalat, Magyar Filmgyártó Vállalat, Freihändler Filmproduktion GmbH, Hamburger Filmbüro

Languages

Magyar

Awards

1 win

Trailers
My Twentieth Century (1989) – Official Trailer
My Twentieth Century (Az Én Xx. Századom) | Official Trailer | Streaming on Klassiki
Scores
# of Votes
2,089
Average Rating
7 out of 10
Metascore
81
Popularity
NA