My Twentieth Century

My Twentieth Century

102 mins | Drama, Comedy, Science Fiction | Sept. 1, 1989

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...

My Twentieth Century

102 mins | Drama, Comedy, Science Fiction | Sept. 1, 1989

My Twentieth Century
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...
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Freihändler Filmproduktion GmbH, Hamburger Filmbüro, Magyar Filmgyártó Vállalat, Budapest Stúdió Vállalat
Original title Az én XX. századom
Directors Ildikó Enyedi
Writers Ildikó Enyedi

Cast

Dorota Segda

as Dóra/Lilii/Anya

Paulus Manker

as Weininger Ottó

Péter Andorai

as Thomas Edison

Eszter Kovács

as Iker

Sándor Czvetkó

as Anarchista fiú

Gyula Kéry

as ékszerész

Andrej Schwartz

as Segéd

Sándor Téri

as Huszár

Endre Koronczi

as Lift boy