Desire Named Anada

Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos, 1969

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Summary

After the Oscar-winning Obchod na korze (The Shop on Main Street, 1965), directors Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos made only one more film together, a poetic romance set in the Slovak-Hungarian borderlands in the 1920s. Touha zvaná Anada (Desire Named Anada, 1971) was a Czech-American coproduction that presaged Ján Kadár’s emigration to the USA. The story, inspired by a novella by the Hungarian writer Imre Gyöngyössy, takes place in an attractive and intimate setting on the banks of the River Danube. One day, the river washes up a half-drowned girl who is taken into the care of the fisherman Jánoš Gabay and his spouse Zuzka. Soon Jánoš begins to fall in love with the mysterious stranger… An enigmatic drama of cause and effect, the film combines a poetic narrative about a love triangle with a morality tale about passion and responsibility. Yugoslavians Rade Markovič (Jánoš) and Milena Dravić (Zuzka) played the leading pair alongside American actress Paula Pritchett as Anada.
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About a film

Production year 1969
Countries Czechoslovakia, United States of America
Categories film
Genres ballad
Form feature
Duration 116 min
Director Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos
Cast Rade Marković, Milena Dravić, Paula Pritchett
Director of photography Vladimír Novotný
Screenplay Imre Gyöngyössy, Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos
Editor Josef Valušiak, Mihály Morell
Production designer Karel Škvor
Music Zdeněk Liška
Sound designer František Černý