Silence and Cry

Silence and Cry

72 mins | Drama | June 12, 1968

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...

Silence and Cry

72 mins | Drama | June 12, 1968

Silence and Cry
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...
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Mafilm
Original title Csend és kiáltás
Directors Miklós Jancsó
Writers Luca Karall, Gyula Hernádi, Miklós Jancsó

Cast

Mari Törőcsik

as Teréz

Zoltán Latinovits

as Kémeri

József Madaras

as Károly

Andrea Drahota

as Anna

András Kozák

as István

István Bujtor

as Kovács II.

Ida Siménfalvy

as Teréz' mother

János Koltai

as Peasant

Sándor Siménfalvy

as Old Peasant

Kornélia Sallay

as Auntie Veronika

Mária Goór Nagy

as Kis Veronika

János Görbe

as The Shepherd

László Szabó

as Detective