Forced March

Forced March

100 mins | Drama | Nov. 3, 1989

Ben Kline is an American television star and a bankable name, who is cast to portray the Hungarian writer Miklos Radnoti, whose journal of poems was found with his body, buried in one of Hungary’s mass graves. Kline is also the son of a Holocaust survivor and has long resented his father’s refusal to speak about the War. Now given the opportunity to play the role of a hero, but faced with the reality of a victim, the boundaries between truth and illusion begin to blur.

Forced March

100 mins | Drama | Nov. 3, 1989

Forced March
Ben Kline is an American television star and a bankable name, who is cast to portray the Hungarian writer Miklos Radnoti, whose journal of poems was found with his body, buried in one of Hungary’s mass graves. Kline is also the son of a Holocaust survivor and has long resented his father’s refusal to speak about the War. Now given the opportunity to play the role of a hero, but faced with the reality of a victim, the boundaries between truth and illusion begin to blur.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Atkins Pictures
Original title Forced March
Directors Harvey Waldman, Rick King
Writers Karl Bardosh, Dick Atkins

Cast

Chris Sarandon

as Ben Kline / Miklos Radnoti

Renée Soutendijk

as Mira / Fanni Radnoti

Josef Sommer

as Richard Kline

John Seitz

as Walter Hardy

Bill Raymond

as Gyorgy

Michael Higgins

as Andras Bereg

Paul Jerricho

as Paul / Gyula Ortotay

Hans Jakob

as Miklos Lorsi

László Rajk

as Lt. Antal Szall

Larry Golden

as Lt. Ede Maranyi

Can Togay

as Zoltan

György Korcsmáros

as Draftee

Zoltán Vereczkey

as Sandor Sik

Zsuzsa Bánki

as Fanni (today)

Alan Goodson

as Sanyi

Anna Ráckevei

as Susan

John Snyder

as Devlin

Kenneth Kimmins

as Agent

Carin C. Tietze

as Cheryl

Susan Frailey

as Girl at Party

Ferenc Kozari

as Assistant Director

Béla Unger

as Sergeant

George Zelma

as Laborer in Quarry

Gary Dworkin

as Laborer #2

Karl Bardosh

as Doctor Bardos

Istvan Pataki

as Peter Koller

János Vészi

as Laborer in Barracks

Csaba Kelemen

as Supervisor

Sándor Boros

as Policeman #1

Zoltán Rátóti

as Priest

András Dér

as Man on Street

Istvan Szabo

as Soldier

Ferenc Dávid Kiss

as Soldier

Tamás Balikó

as Soldier

Gábor Ferenczi

as Soldier

Gyorgy Fabri

as Guard

András Surányi

as Marcher

András Ambrus

as Cart Driver

Elemer Csiszer

as Gardener

Laszlo Sos

as Policeman #2

Gábor Piroch

as German on Horseback

Kati Rácz

as Singer in Moulin Rouge