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My Twentieth Century

My Twentieth Century

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 1, 1989

Runtime

1h 42m

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction

User Score

67%

Original Title

Az én XX. századom

Production Companies

freihändler filmproduktion, Hamburger Filmbüro, Magyar Filmgyártó Vállalat, Budapest Stúdió Vállalat

Director

Ildikó Enyedi

Description

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...