In Praise of Older Women

5.2

110 minutes

9/22/1978

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.

Cast List

Karen Black
as Maya
Tom Berenger
as Andras Vayda
Susan Strasberg
as Bobbie
Helen Shaver
as Ann MacDonald
Marilyn Lightstone
as Klari
Alexandra Stewart
as Paula
Marianne McIsaac
as Julika
Alberta Watson
as Mitzi
Ian Tracey
as Andras Vayda Jr.
Monique Lepage
as The Countess
Louise Marleau
as Woman in Elevator
Jill Frappier
as Lady Teacher
Mignon Elkins
as Mother Vayda
Joan Stuart
as Aunt Alice
John Bayliss
as Glen MacDonald
John Granik
as Tom Horvath
Budd Knapp
as Father Confessor
Earl Pennington
as Professor Hargitay
Michael Kirby
as Tibor Kovacs
Bronwen Mantel
as Woman in Cafe
Wally Martin
as The Janitor
Arden R. Ryshpan
as Berenice (as Arden Ryshpan)
Tibor Polgár
as The Pianist (as Tibor Polgar)
Julie Wildman
as Woman at Party
Julie Morand
as Girl Student
Griffith Brewer
as The Fiacre Driver
Walter Bolton
as Second Waiter
Martha Parker
as Girl at Dance
Robert King
as Man with Proclamation
Arthur Grosser
as Party Host
Jeannette Casenave
as Party Hostess
Alexander Godfrey
as First Waiter
Tina Shuster
as Second Girl at Dance
Danny Brainin
as Youth in Class
Casey Stevens
as Second Student
Peter Gottlieb
as Boy on Staircase
Henry Ramer
as Narrator (voice)