In Praise of Older Women

Overview

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.

Directed by George Kaczender

Top cast

Karen Black

Maya

Tom Berenger

Andras Vayda

Susan Strasberg

Bobbie

Helen Shaver

Ann MacDonald

Marilyn Lightstone

Klari

Alexandra Stewart

Paula

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Marianne McIsaac

Julika

Alberta Watson

Mitzi

Ian Tracey

Andras Vayda Jr.

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Monique Lepage

The Countess

Louise Marleau

Woman in Elevator

Jill Frappier

Lady Teacher

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Mignon Elkins

Mother Vayda

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Joan Stuart

Aunt Alice

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John Bayliss

Glen MacDonald

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John Granik

Tom Horvath

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Budd Knapp

Father Confessor

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Earl Pennington

Professor Hargitay

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Michael Kirby

Tibor Kovacs

Bronwen Mantel

Woman in Cafe

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