In Praise of Older Women
22/09/1978
2h



Andras Vayda grows up in a turbulent, war-torn Hungary, where he procures local girls for the occupying G.I.'s during World War II. Disappointed by girls of his age, he meets Maya, a married women in her thirties, who tutors him in the lessons of love and romance. Maya is only the first of many mature women that Andras will meet through his teenage and young adult life.
Cast


Karen Black
Maya


Tom Berenger
Andras Vayda


Susan Strasberg
Bobbie


Helen Shaver
Ann MacDonald


Marilyn Lightstone
Klari


Alexandra Stewart
Paula
Marianne McIsaac
Julika


Alberta Watson
Mitzi


Ian Tracey
Andras Vayda Jr.
Monique Lepage
The Countess


Louise Marleau
Woman in Elevator


Jill Frappier
Lady Teacher
Mignon Elkins
Mother Vayda
Joan Stuart
Aunt Alice
John Bayliss
Glen MacDonald
John Granik
Tom Horvath
Budd Knapp
Father Confessor
Earl Pennington
Professor Hargitay
Michael Kirby
Tibor Kovacs


Bronwen Mantel
Woman in Cafe
Wally Martin
The Janitor
Arden R. Ryshpan
Berenice (as Arden Ryshpan)
Tibor Polgár
The Pianist (as Tibor Polgar)
Julie Wildman
Woman at Party
Julie Morand
Girl Student


Griffith Brewer
The Fiacre Driver
Walter Bolton
Second Waiter
Martha Parker
Girl at Dance


Robert King
Man with Proclamation
Arthur Grosser
Party Host
Jeannette Casenave
Party Hostess
Alexander Godfrey
First Waiter
Tina Shuster
Second Girl at Dance


Danny Brainin
Youth in Class


Casey Stevens
Second Student
Peter Gottlieb
Boy on Staircase


Henry Ramer
Narrator (voice)
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