The Hungarian Dressmaker

The Hungarian Dressmaker
Festival poster
Directed byIveta Grófová
Story byPeter Krištúfek
Iveta Grófová
Produced byZuzana Mistríková
Ondřej Trojan
StarringAlexandra Borbély
Nico Klimek
Milan Ondrík
Edited byMartin Malo
Release date
  • 26 September 2024 (2024-09-26)
Running time
129 minutes
CountriesSlovakia, Czechia
LanguagesGerman, Hungarian, Slovak

The Hungarian Dressmaker (Slovak: Ema a smrtihlav) is a Slovak and Czech 2024 coproduction drama movie directed by Iveta Grófová. The World War II-era movie tells a story of the Hungarian widow Marika, who hides a Jewish boy from a fascist milita in her house nearby Bratislava. The story is an adaptation of an eponymous novel by Peter Krištúfek. The movie was the Slovak Submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for the 97th Academy Awards.[1]

  1. ^ "Slovenským kandidátom na Oscara je film Ema a smrtihlav". TERAZ.sk (in Slovak). 16 September 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2024.