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  • Silence and Cry (1968)
  • 77 min | Drama
Silence and Cry (1968)
77 min | Drama

Miklós Jancsó's Silence and Cry is 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 ...See moreMiklós Jancsó's Silence and Cry is 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, who is now a commandant of the local Royal Gendarme outfit, István is safely hidden from the ever-prying eyes of the secret policemen, who relentlessly roam the countryside searching for ex-Red Army men and their sympathisers. However, upon discovering that the women are secretly poisoning the mother-in-law and the husband, the legal owners of the farm, István must make the most difficult decision of his life. As a personal war is waging within his own consciousness over morality and self-preservation, István must decide whether to remain silent about the women's devious secret and preserve his own life, or to report their heinous crime to the Royal Gendarme, which would also mean certain death for him. Written by 21st Century DreamQuest Films Ltd See less
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Mar 14, 1968 (Hungary)

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24 cast members
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József Madaras
Károly Károly   See fewer
András Kozák
István István   See fewer
István Bujtor
Kovács II. Kovács II.   See fewer
Ida Siménfalvy
Teréz' mother Teréz' mother   See fewer
János Koltai
Peasant Peasant   See fewer
Sándor Siménfalvy
Old peasant Old peasant   See fewer
Kornélia Sallay
Auntie Veronika Auntie Veronika   See fewer
Mária Goór Nagy
Kis Veronika Kis Veronika   See fewer
János Görbe
The shepherd The shepherd   See fewer
László Szabó
Detective Detective   See fewer
Philippe Haudiquet
Photographer Photographer   See fewer
Ila Schütz
Actress Actress   See fewer
Mária Boga
Actress (as Mari Boga) Actress (as Mari Boga)   See fewer
Tibor Tallián
Actor (as Tibor Talán) Actor (as Tibor Talán)   See fewer
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