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Orphan

Orphan

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Orphan

2025

2h 12m

6.2(14 votes)

Drama

Overview

A young boy after the Hungarian uprising of 1956, raised by his mother with the tale of an idealized dead father, has his world turned upside down when a brutish man appears, claiming to be his true parent.

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Production Companies

Pioneer Pictures

Good Chaos

Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo

Pallas Film

ARTE France Cinéma

Mid March Media

AR Content

Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion

Mozinet

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Bojtorján Barabas

Bojtorján Barabas

Andor

Grégory Gadebois

Grégory Gadebois

Berend

Andrea Waskovics

Andrea Waskovics

Klára

Marcin Czarnik

Marcin Czarnik

Elíz Szabó

Sári

Gyorgy Bojtik

Gábor Iványi

Sári's Grandfather

Soma Sándor

Tamás

Zsuzsa Száger

Éva Kelényi

Rózsika

Creative team

Directed by: László Nemes
Written by: László Nemes
Clara Royer
Produced by: Alexander Rodnyansky
Ferenc Szále

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