Movie: In Praise of Older Women

Top 10 Billed Cast

Karen Black
Karen Black

Maya

Tom Berenger
Tom Berenger

Andras Vayda

Susan Strasberg
Susan Strasberg

Bobbie

Helen Shaver
Helen Shaver

Ann MacDonald

Marilyn Lightstone
Marilyn Lightstone

Klari

Alexandra Stewart
Alexandra Stewart

Paula

Marianne McIsaac
Marianne McIsaac

Julika

Alberta Watson
Alberta Watson

Mitzi

Ian Tracey
Ian Tracey

Andras Vayda Jr.

Monique Lepage
Monique Lepage

The Countess

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  • Overview

    Andras Vayda grows up in a turbulent, war-torn Hungary, where he procures local girls for the occupying G.I.'s during World War II. Disappointed by girls of his age, he meets Maya, a married women in her thirties, who tutors him in the lessons of love and romance. Maya is only the first of many mature women that Andras will meet through his teenage and young adult life.

  • Release Date

    1978-09-22

  • Average

    5.2

  • Rating:

    2.6 starts
  • Tagline

    The story that turned on millions of PLAYBOY Magazine readers in the October issue.

  • Genres

  • Languages:

    English
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