Identification

Story

Synopsis

While awaiting his release from the Soviet detention camp he is being held in, a half-starved refugee (Andras Ambrus) finds that an error has been made and his name is not on the to-be-released list. It is then that he is forced to assume the identity of a dead man whose name is on the list. Ambrus at first refuses, but because he was an orphan and cannot produce evidence of his true identity, he has no other choice. However, when he returns to the outer world and the community he was raised in, he is greeted with suspicion. When he tries to claim his part-ownership of a farm from his adopted uncle, he is refused and beaten by farmhands the uncle sets on him.

Director

László Lugossy

Writers

István Kardos, Luca Karall

Language

Hungarian

Country

Hungary

Release date

28 February 1975

Ensemble

Cast

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  György Cserhalmi

  Ambrus András

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  József Madaras

  Csató Mihály

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  Mari Kiss

  Sári

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  Róbert Koltai

  Kelemen

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  István Szilágyi

  Katona

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  Judit Pogány

  Vöröskeresztes nõ

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  Hédi Temessy

  Énekesnõ