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This is a war movie about the siege of a Hungarian fortress, Eger, in 1552. There are several named female characters talking to each other. It's not clear if it's not about men, though, because every time they talk about the war or the siege, they involuntarily mention male allies or enemies.
I also don't know if it counts when two women (one of them is Éva Cecei and the other is her mother I think) talk about Éva's child. The child happens to be male and has been kidnapped.
There is a scene where Queen Izabella and Éva of Cecei (both nobles) are sword fighting and talking. But after the first sentence the Queen says (praising Éva's sword fighting skills), Éva talks about how much she regrets her decision. The Queen has married her off to someone she doesn't know and doesn't like.
This probably doesn't count, but there's a wedding scene where the bride and groom are dancing, and the bride (Éva) is wearing spiked rings and deliberately hits the groom during the dance, wounding him. Afterwards, the queen says: “You have won, you have won the bridal veil.” Éva nods in acceptance.
There is a scene where Éva talks briefly to a romani women, who thinks that she is man, but she only says "Handsome boy!" to her, because she doesn't speak Éva's language (Éva is in disguise).
The siege of Eger is also famous for the bravery of the women who fiercely defended the fortress against the enemy. This is shown in the movie. I don't know if that counts. There are scenes in which only women fight, but it is difficult to understand what they are saying to each other. However, they communicate non-verbally in the middle of the fight. That probably doesn't count.
"The women, too, rush at the walls with stones, hot water and pitch, doing great damage to the enemy, and they are not human, but behave like angry lions. Among others, a woman and her daughter were with her husband, who was fighting on the battlements. When the husband was struck dead by a rifle bullet, she did not bury him until he had taken his revenge. She took up her husband's sword and shield, and soon had three Turks cut down... Another woman carried a stone on her head to throw at the enemy, but her head was shot off. Then her daughter picked up the stone, red with her mother's blood, and hurled it into the deep. Two Turks died horribly, and two others were wounded."
- from the account of Hieronymus Ortelius (1543-1614), a German chronicler of the same era
The film features many famous Hungarian actresses, some of whom only became famous later.
The best known is of course Vera Venczel, who plays the leading role of Éva Cecei.
"Venczel Vera - Cecey Éva (Vicuska, Vica)
Szemere Vera - Mrs. Cecey
Gobbi Hilda - Mrs. Balogh
Szabó Tünde - beautiful gypsy girl
Pécsi Ildikó - maiden from Eger (named in the film)
Horváth Teri - Mrs. Bálint
Tábori Nóra, Temessy Hédi - women from Eger (at least one of them named)"
So even if it's not a three, it's certainly a two.
![[[1]]](/static/nopass.png "[There are two or more women in this movie, but they don't talk to each other]")
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I also don't know if it counts when two women (one of them is Éva Cecei and the other is her mother I think) talk about Éva's child. The child happens to be male and has been kidnapped.
There is a scene where Queen Izabella and Éva of Cecei (both nobles) are sword fighting and talking. But after the first sentence the Queen says (praising Éva's sword fighting skills), Éva talks about how much she regrets her decision. The Queen has married her off to someone she doesn't know and doesn't like.
This probably doesn't count, but there's a wedding scene where the bride and groom are dancing, and the bride (Éva) is wearing spiked rings and deliberately hits the groom during the dance, wounding him. Afterwards, the queen says: “You have won, you have won the bridal veil.” Éva nods in acceptance.
There is a scene where Éva talks briefly to a romani women, who thinks that she is man, but she only says "Handsome boy!" to her, because she doesn't speak Éva's language (Éva is in disguise).
The siege of Eger is also famous for the bravery of the women who fiercely defended the fortress against the enemy. This is shown in the movie. I don't know if that counts. There are scenes in which only women fight, but it is difficult to understand what they are saying to each other. However, they communicate non-verbally in the middle of the fight. That probably doesn't count.
"The women, too, rush at the walls with stones, hot water and pitch, doing great damage to the enemy, and they are not human, but behave like angry lions. Among others, a woman and her daughter were with her husband, who was fighting on the battlements. When the husband was struck dead by a rifle bullet, she did not bury him until he had taken his revenge. She took up her husband's sword and shield, and soon had three Turks cut down... Another woman carried a stone on her head to throw at the enemy, but her head was shot off. Then her daughter picked up the stone, red with her mother's blood, and hurled it into the deep. Two Turks died horribly, and two others were wounded."
- from the account of Hieronymus Ortelius (1543-1614), a German chronicler of the same era
The film features many famous Hungarian actresses, some of whom only became famous later.
The best known is of course Vera Venczel, who plays the leading role of Éva Cecei.
"Venczel Vera - Cecey Éva (Vicuska, Vica)
Szemere Vera - Mrs. Cecey
Gobbi Hilda - Mrs. Balogh
Szabó Tünde - beautiful gypsy girl
Pécsi Ildikó - maiden from Eger (named in the film)
Horváth Teri - Mrs. Bálint
Tábori Nóra, Temessy Hédi - women from Eger (at least one of them named)"
So even if it's not a three, it's certainly a two.