Silence and Cry (1968)

Silence and Cry (1968)

1968-06-12 Hungary 72 Min. PG-13
7.1 21 votes

Overview

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...

Cast

István Bujtor is Kovács II.
Kovács II.
Ida Siménfalvy is Teréz' mother
Teréz' mother
János Koltai is Peasant
Sándor Siménfalvy is Old Peasant
Kornélia Sallay is Auntie Veronika
Auntie Veronika
Mária Goór Nagy is Kis Veronika
Kis Veronika
János Görbe is The Shepherd
The Shepherd