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Purple Lilacs

1934 · 73 min

A gentle old-fashioned romantic comedy that drifts from light courtship into wartime longing, charming but slight.

Overview
Tóth Manci, a milliner turned dancer, meets Pali, a handsome banker, and falls madly in love. But she waits in vain for a word of encouragement from him, because he loves Lili, the belladonna. So Manci, in her grief, goes to Russia. By the time Pali realizes that he loves Manci too and wants to follow her, war breaks out, and he can only follow her as a soldier.

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • love
    • betrayal
    • war
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour5
    Realism6
    Romance6
    Tension3
    Darkness3
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy
    Directed by
    Steve Sekely
    Written by
    István Mihály
    Starring
    Irén Ágay, Irén Biller, György Nagy, Gyula Kabos, Gyula Gózon, Márton Rátkai, László Z. Molnár, Sándor Pethes
    Cinematography
    István Eiben
    Runtime
    73 min
    Country
    Hungary
    Languages
    Hungarian

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