Potpourri From the Film Capital By HERBERT LUFT (Copyright 1979, JTA, Inc.) HOLLYWOOD — Susan Strasberg co-stars with Tom Berenger and Karen Black in the provocative love story, "In Praise of Older Women." Most of the action is set in Hungary and the theme is very French — but the picture,was actually produced in Canada, with George Kaczender directing from a screenplay by Paul " Gottlieb based on Stephen Vizinczey's modern classic. Stephen J. -Roth and Harold eenberg sign as execu- _yes for the picture set in Budapest in the aftermath of World War II with the focus on an adolescent boy seeking early sexual ful- fillment. • The epic encompasses 20 years and ends up with escapades of the young man in his newly-found home in the Canadian metroplis of Montreal. Miss Strasberg is in- volved in a major sequence as, a Hungarian patriot who first sacrifices her youth on the altar of love with the handsome young man (a de- lightful portrayal by Tom Berenger) and finally sac- rifices her life in order to protect his escape from Budapest after the 1956 up- rising. MOSHE MIZRAHI'S latest motion picture, "Mo- ments," a truly interna- tional production involving Israeli-French-German fi- nancial interests, has been completed on location in Jerusalem and now is in the process of scoring and dub- bing at the Studio Boulogne in Paris. Michal Bat Adam, who took part in four of Miz- rahi's movies: "I Love You Rosa" and "Daughters Daughters" (both Oscar- nominated), the Academy Award winning "Madam Rosa" and "The House on Chalouche Street," wrote the screenplay, co-directed and portrays one of the two female leads in the love triangle between two young women and a man. Brigitte Catillon, the Swiss actress who starred in France's official entry to the Cannes Festival in 1978, "Moliere," co-stars with Assaf Dayan, actor-son of Israel's Foreign Minister. "Moments" will be screened at this year's Can- nes Film Festival. The pic- ture has been budgeted at a modest $500,000. It is the hth feature for ducer-director Moshe izrahi, who is already preparing his next one, a_ major film dealing with a Soviet espionage ring. HERBERT ROSS has moved his production unit of "Nijinsky" from the British Pinewood Studios to actual location in Budapest and the Riviera. Harry Saltzman who owns the literary property based on the tragic life of the great Russian dancer serves as executive producer. The screenplay is by Hugh Wheeler. American Ballet Thea- ter's George de la Pena por- - trays the title role, with dancer Leslie Browne (of Herbert Ross' "The Turning Point") as Nijinsky's first wife and Alan Bates as im- pressario Diaghilev, the ar- tist's Svengali. LILLIAN HELLMAN has been honored by the Los Angeles Drama Critic Cir- cle with a special award for •her distinguished contribu- tions to the American thea- ter. Since the author is ail- ing and unable to make per- sonal appearances, Jack Albertson presented the honor scroll in absentia to John Houseman, another giant of the screen and stage. Among the participants in the awards presentation was Julie Cobb (one of last year's recipients), the actress-daughter of the late Lee J. Cobb. ELLIOTT KASTNER, whose far-flung production ventures stretch from Hol- lywood to New York, Lon- don and Paris, announces two new pictures. First is the filmization of the 1969 Broadway play, "Hadrian VII," biographical account by Frederick Rolfe, dramatized by Peter Luke and originally announced for John Schlesinger. Now Czech director Milos For- man (of "Hair") will be at the helm. Simultaneously, Kastner prepares for a late April starting date in Europe for a contemporary action thril- ler, the story of a $1 billion caper starring James Bond's Roger Moore. JERRY LEWIS, after devoting his talents for a number of years exclusively to television, night club ap- pearances and charity drives, returns to the screen in "Hardly Working," a comedy-drama written and directed by him with him- self in the starring role. The picture has been before the cameras in southern Florida where it is being completed in its entirety. PAUL MAZURSKY, writer-director of the much honored, "An Unmarried Woman," commences in May another romantic sc- reen comedy, also written, directed and co-produced by the versatile former member of "The Second City" improvisational stage. ROMAN POLANSKI is roaming the French coun- tryside' and the studios of Paris to complete, "Tess," the classic tale from the pen of Britain's Thomas Hardy. "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" originally was one of the earliest Adolph Zukor films starring Mary Pickford more than 60 years ago. GEORGE BURNS has joined the all-star cast of presenters at the 51st An- nual Academy Awards pre- sentation to be aired over ABC from the Los Angeles Music Center April 9. Johnny Carson is the sole MC set by the Academy's president Howard W. Koch. Treaty Boosts Israel, Egypt in Poll of American People NEW YORK — The latest toward the U.S., versus 14 Louis Harris Survey shows percent negative. This is that Israel and Egypt have up from 70-17 in January. risen in favor with the Saudi Arabia had only a American people since the 42-37 margin in the poll on signing of the peace treaty the same question and Jor- between the two countries dan was 36-34. last week. 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