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My Twentieth Century

6.5(51)19891h 42m2

A tale of twin girls, Dóra and Lili, who are born in 1880 Budapest at the same moment Thomas Edison presents his electric lightbulb to the world. The sisters are soon orphaned and separated in childhood, and follow different paths: one grows up to be a naïvely idealistic, bomb-toting anarchist, the other a pampered, hedonistic courtesan. Their paths cross once again on the Orient Express on New Year's Eve 1899...

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Language
Hungarian
  • woman director

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Cuba, Germany, Hungary

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  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival15 Sept 1989
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical1 Sept 1989
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalR15+13 Jan 1990
  • TaiwanTW

    • Premiere4K restoration, Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival12 Apr 2026

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My Twentieth Century was released on 1 September 1989.

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    CinemaSerf

    8/12/2024

    7/10

    Dorota Segda has a go at some entertaining multi-tasking in this enjoyable thriller about the different paths taken by two poverty-stricken orphans whom we first meet trying to sell matches in the depths of a snowy winter in Budapest. They are identical twins "Dóra" and "Lili" who happened to be born just as Thomas Edison demonstrated his first ever light bulb. They are very close until separated - unwillingly - with…

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