--- title: 'The Lady from Constantinople (1969)' type: 'film' director: 'Judit Elek' released: '1969-09-04' runtime_minutes: 76 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'Hungary' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-lady-from-constantinople-1969' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065059/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Lady from Constantinople (1969) 1969 · 76 min · Drama · Hungary Original title: Sziget a szárazföldön ## Synopsis The Lady from Constantinople is a 1969 Hungarian comedy-drama film directed by Judit Elek in her feature film debut. The film is a dramedy centering around a widowed elderly woman played by Manyi Kiss. The film was partially shot guerilla style in the streets of Budapest, with the lead actress interacting with bemused passersby on camera. The film has played in retrospective at Cannes Film Festival and Rotterdam Film Festival; it also played Out of Competition at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival and 1969 New York Film Festival. The restored film was screened again at 2023 Cannes Film Festival in Cannes Classics section. The 35mm restoration was undertaken by National Film Institute Hungary. ## Credits - **Director:** [Judit Elek](https://cinepixo.com/people/judit-elek) - **Screenplay:** [Judit Elek](https://cinepixo.com/people/judit-elek), [Iván Mándy](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-mandy) - **Original Music Composer:** [Vilmos Körmendi](https://cinepixo.com/people/vilmos-kormendi) - **Director of Photography:** [Elemér Ragályi](https://cinepixo.com/people/elemer-ragalyi) - **Editor:** [Sándor Boronkay](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandor-boronkay) ## Cast - [Rita Békés](https://cinepixo.com/people/rita-bekes) - [János Csapó](https://cinepixo.com/people/janos-csapo) - [Éva Almási](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-almasi) - [Itala Békés](https://cinepixo.com/people/itala-bekes) - [Manyi Kiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/manyi-kiss) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-lady-from-constantinople-1969 Film facts: Wikidata (Q55237869); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.