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Silence and Cry

Set during a turbulent era of disquiet, fear, persecution and terror, which permeates every corner of post-WWI Hungarian society. In 1919, after just a few months of communist rule the Hungarian Republic of Councils falls victim to a nationalist counter-revolution. Admiral Horthy, leader of the nationalist far right movement, becomes the self-proclaimed regent of Hungary, and assumes power as the legal Head of State. Soldiers of the short-lived Hungarian Red Army are now on the run from relentless secret policemen and patrol units of the nationalist Royal Gendarme. If caught, ex-Red Army soldiers are executed without mercy or proper trial. István Cserzi, a former soldier of the Red Army has fled to the Great Hungarian Plains and has taken refuge on a farm, which is run by two sympathetic women. Due to the generosity of these women and a former childhood pal...

1968 |1h 12m |  Drama

Cast

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Mari Törőcsik

Teréz

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Zoltán Latinovits

Kémeri

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József Madaras

Károly

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Andrea Drahota

Anna

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András Kozák

István

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István Bujtor

Kovács II.

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János Koltai

Peasant

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Sándor Siménfalvy

Old Peasant

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Kornélia Sallay

Auntie Veronika

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Mária Goór Nagy

Kis Veronika

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János Görbe

The Shepherd

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László Szabó

Detective

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Ila Schütz

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Zsolt Körtvélyessy

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Status

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Language

Hungarian

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