Adoption
Video release poster
Directed by	Márta Mészáros
Written by	Gyula Hernádi Márta Mészáros Ferenc Grunwalsky
Starring	Katalin Berek Gyöngyvér Vigh Péter Fried
Cinematography	Lajos Koltai Márta Mészáros
Edited by	Éva Kármentő
Music by	György Kovács
Distributed by	Kino Video
Release dates	February 1975 (1975-02) (Berlin) 25 September 1975 (1975-09-25)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

Adoption (Hungarian: Örökbefogadás) is a 1975 Hungarian drama film directed by Márta Mészáros. It was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Bear.^[1] The film was also selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[2]

Plot summary

The film tells the story of Kata, a lonely middle-aged female factory worker, who becomes interested in neglected children and tries to adopt one.

Cast

• Katalin Berek as Csentesné – Kata (as Berek Kati)
• Gyöngyvér Vigh as Bálint Anna
• Péter Fried as Sanyi
• László Szabó as Jóska
• István Szőke
• Flóra Kádár as Erzsi, Jóska's wife
• Janos Boross as Anna apja
• Erzsi Varga as Anna anyja
• István Kaszás as Intézetigazgató
• Anikó Kiss
• Zsófi Mészáros
• Judit Felvidéki
• Irén Rácz
• Erika Jozsi as (as Józsa Erika)
• András Szigeti