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Machita (1944)

Machita poster
Directed by
Endre Rodriguez
Genre
drama
Country
Hungary
Runtime
1h 47m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman gets caught up in a web of espionage during wartime. Her actions put her at risk with authorities. The story follows the dangerous consequences of her involvement with spies.

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What happens

Machita is a 1944 Hungarian spy drama film directed by Endre Rodríguez and starring Katalin Karády, Iván Petrovich and József Bihari. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Ferenc Daday and József Simoncsics. It was Karády's last film until after the war, as she was arrested and accused of being a British agent. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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