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An American Rhapsody

An American Rhapsody

Sometimes you have to lose your way to find your home.

20016.41h 46m

Overview

A Hungarian family forced to flee the Communist country for the United States must leave a young daughter behind. Six years later, the family arranges to bring the absent daughter to the United States where she has trouble adjusting. The daughter then decides to travel to Budapest to discover her identity.

Directed by Éva Gárdos
Written by Éva Gárdos
Produced by Colleen Camp, Bonnie Timmermann, Patricia Foulkrod
Box Office0Revenue: $971K

Top Cast

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson

Suzanne Sandor

Nastassja Kinski

Nastassja Kinski

Margit

Tony Goldwyn

Tony Goldwyn

Peter

Ágnes Bánfalvy

Ágnes Bánfalvy

Helen

Zoltán Seress

Zoltán Seress

George

András Szöke

András Szöke

István

Erzsi Pásztor

Erzsi Pásztor

Ilus

Colleen Camp

Colleen Camp

Dottie

Czinkóczi Zsuzsa

Czinkóczi Zsuzsa

Teri

Balázs Galkó

Balázs Galkó

Jeno

Themes & Keywords

budapest, hungaryjourney in the pastbiographyfamilywoman directorpersonaldrama

About An American Rhapsody

An American Rhapsody is a drama, family film released in 2001 exploring themes of budapest, hungary, journey in the past, biography, family, woman director, personal. Directed by Éva Gárdos, it stars Scarlett Johansson, Nastassja Kinski, Tony Goldwyn. A Hungarian family forced to flee the Communist country for the United States must leave a young daughter behind. Six years later, the family arranges to bring the absent daughter to the United States where she has trouble adjusting. The daughter then decides to travel to Budapest to discover her identity.

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