Narcissus and Psyche
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64% Critic Match

Narcissus and Psyche

6.4 / 10 1980 4h 21mNR Hungarian
Drama

Storyline

Narcisus and Psyche is based on a novel by Sandor Weores which was adapted by Vilmos Csaplar and director Gabor Body for a feature-length film. Borrowing the character of Psyche from mythology and placing her in Europe in the 19th century, the authors give her a "modern" life. She is an attractive young woman - and remains so throughout the film, in spite of one hardship after another. Psyche is libidinous, and her prurient interests shock her staid contemporaries.

Cast & Crew

Patricia Adriani

Patricia Adriani

Psyché

Lead
Udo Kier

Udo Kier

Nárcisz

György Cserhalmi

György Cserhalmi

Maximilian Freiherr von Zedlitz

ÁH

Ágnes Horváth

Ilse

ÉT

Éva Tóth

Klára Rhédey

Dénes Ujlaki

Dénes Ujlaki

Kosztolányi

János Derzsi

János Derzsi

Zoltán Lovászi

JP

János Pilinszky

Kazinczy Ferenc

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gábor Bódy's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Narcissus and Psyche is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker