Silence and Cry ( hu, Csend és kiáltás) is a 1968 Hungarian drama film directed by
Miklós Jancsó
Miklós Jancsó (; 27 September 192131 January 2014) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter.
Jancsó achieved international prominence starting in the mid-1960s with works including '' The Round-Up'' (''Szegénylegények'', 1965), '' ...
.
Plot
In 1919, after just a few months of communist rule, the
Hungarian Republic of Councils
The Socialist Federative Republic of Councils in Hungary ( hu, Magyarországi Szocialista Szövetséges Tanácsköztársaság) (due to an early mistranslation, it became widely known as the Hungarian Soviet Republic in English-language sources ( ...
was dissolved by a nationalist counter-revolution.
Admiral Horthy
Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, ...
, leader of the nationalists, assumed power as the
Regent of Hungary
The Regent of Hungary was a position established in 1446 and renewed in 1920. It was held by Admiral Miklós Horthy until 1944. Under Hungary's Constitution there were two regents, one a regent of the ruling house, called the Nádor, and another ...
. Hungarian Red Army soldiers were relentlessly pursued by the secret police and
Hungarian Royal Gendarmerie and faced
summary execution
A summary execution is an execution in which a person is accused of a crime and immediately killed without the benefit of a full and fair trial. Executions as the result of summary justice (such as a drumhead court-martial) are sometimes includ ...
. One, István Cserzi, has fled to the
Great Hungarian Plain
The Great Hungarian Plain (also known as Alföld or Great Alföld, hu, Alföld or ) is a plain occupying the majority of the modern territory of Hungary. It is the largest part of the wider Pannonian Plain. (However, the Great Hungarian plain ...
and taken refuge on a farm run by two women. Due to their help and that of a childhood friend who is a commandant of the local Gendarmarie, István is relatively safe if he keeps out of sight. However, discovering that the women are slowly poisoning the husband of one of them and his mother, the farm's owners, István must decide whether to denounce them to the authorities at the likely cost of his own life.
Cast
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Mari Törőcsik
Mari Törőcsik (born Marián Törőcsik; 23 November 1935 – 16 April 2021) was a Hungarian stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 170 films from 1956 to 2020. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival ...
- Teréz
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József Madaras
József Madaras (16 August 1937 – 24 April 2007) was a Hungarian film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1958 and 2006.
Selected filmography
* '' Tales of a Long Journey'' (1963)
* '' The Round-Up'' (1965)
* '' The Red and ...
- Károly
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Zoltán Latinovits - Kémeri
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- Anna
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András Kozák
András Kozák (23 February 1943 – 24 February 2005) was a Hungarian film actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1962 to 2005.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1943 births
200 ...
- István
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István Bujtor
István Bujtor (5 May 1942 – 25 September 2009), born István Frenreisz, was a Hungarian actor, director, producer and screenplay writer. He starred in the TV mini-series Mathias Sandorf based on the novel Mathias Sandorf by Jules Verne as ' ...
- Kovács II.
References
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1968 drama films
1968 films
Films directed by Miklós Jancsó
Hungarian drama films
1960s Hungarian-language films
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