Silence and Cry

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Miklós Jancsó

Writers

Luca Karall, Gyula Hernádi, Miklós Jancsó

Language

Hungarian

Country

Hungary

Release date

12 June 1968

Ensemble

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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  Ida Siménfalvy

  Teréz' mother

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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 Gór Nagy

  Kis Veronika

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  János Görbe

  The Shepherd