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In Praise of Older Women ( 1978 )

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

★4.9 /10 _(14.0)

110 min ● Sep 22, 1978 ● English

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.

Top Cast

Karen Black

Maya

Tom Berenger

Andras Vayda

Susan Strasberg

Susan Strasberg

Bobbie

Helen Shaver

Ann MacDonald

Marilyn Lightstone

Marilyn Lightstone

Klari

Alexandra Stewart

Alexandra Stewart

Paula

Marianne McIsaac

Marianne McIsaac

Julika

Alberta Watson

Mitzi

Ian Tracey

Andras Vayda Jr.

Monique Lepage

The Countess

Louise Marleau

Woman in Elevator

Jill Frappier

Lady Teacher

Mignon Elkins

Mother Vayda

Joan Stuart

Aunt Alice

John Bayliss

Glen MacDonald

John Granik

Tom Horvath

Budd Knapp

Father Confessor

Earl Pennington

Earl Pennington

Professor Hargitay

Michael Kirby

Tibor Kovacs

Bronwen Mantel

Woman in Cafe

Wally Martin

The Janitor

Arden R. Ryshpan

Arden R. Ryshpan

Berenice (as Arden Ryshpan)

Tibor Polgár

The Pianist (as Tibor Polgar)

Julie Wildman

Woman at Party

Julie Morand

Girl Student

Griffith Brewer

Griffith Brewer

The Fiacre Driver

Walter Bolton

Second Waiter

Martha Parker

Girl at Dance

Robert King

Man with Proclamation

Arthur Grosser

Party Host

Jeannette Casenave

Jeannette Casenave

Party Hostess

Alexander Godfrey

Alexander Godfrey

First Waiter

Tina Shuster

Second Girl at Dance

Danny Brainin

Youth in Class

Casey Stevens

Second Student

Peter Gottlieb

Boy on Staircase

Henry Ramer

Narrator (voice)