Silence and Cry (1968)
Csend és kiáltás (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 1h 17min
- Drama
- 14 Mar 1968 (Hungary)
- Movie
- 1 nomination.
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Cast
Mari Törőcsik | ... |
Teréz
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József Madaras | ... |
Károly
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Zoltán Latinovits | ... |
Kémeri
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Andrea Drahota | ... |
Anna
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András Kozák | ... |
István
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István Bujtor | ... |
Kovács II.
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Ida Siménfalvy | ... |
Teréz' mother
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János Koltai | ... |
Peasant
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Sándor Siménfalvy | ... |
Old peasant
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Kornélia Sallay | ... |
Auntie Veronika
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Mária Goór Nagy | ... |
Kis Veronika
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János Görbe | ... |
The shepherd
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László Szabó | ... |
Detective
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Philippe Haudiquet | ... |
Photographer
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Ila Schütz |
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Mária Boga | ... |
(as Mari Boga)
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Károly Eisler |
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Ferenc Kamarás |
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József Konrád |
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Miklós Köllõ |
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Zsolt Körtvélyessy |
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Sándor Szili |
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Sándor Vajó |
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Tibor Tallián | ... |
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Directed by
Miklós Jancsó |
Written by
Gyula Hernádi | ... | () |
Miklós Jancsó | ... | () |
Cinematography by
János Kende |
Editing by
Zoltán Farkas |
Editorial Department
Károlyné Sinkovits | ... | assistant editor |
Production Design by
Tamás Banovich |
Set Decoration by
József Sáritz |
Costume Design by
Zsuzsa Vicze |
Makeup Department
Anni Pásztory | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
Lajos Kiss | ... | production manager |
András Németh | ... | production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ferenc Grunwalsky | ... | assistant director |
Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
Tibor Nell | ... | construction manager |
Sound Department
Zoltán Toldy | ... | sound |
Camera and Electrical Department
Tamás Nemescsói | ... | assistant camera |
Elemér Ragályi | ... | assistant camera |
Márton Widuchowski | ... | chief lighting technician |
Location Management
Gyuláné Szép | ... | location manager |
Script and Continuity Department
Luca Karall | ... | script editor |
Additional Crew
Ferenc Tornyai | ... | laboratory works |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Italnoleggio Cinematografico (1969) (Italy) (theatrical)
- 21st Century DreamQuest Films (Canada)
- 21st Century DreamQuest Films (United States)
- Clavis Films (2006) (France) (DVD)
- Clavis Films (2016) (France) (DVD)
- Indaco Pictures (1994) (Italy)
- Nox Film (2006) (World-wide) (tv)
- Second Run (2018) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
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Plot Summary |
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 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 |
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Trivia | This is the first time Miklós Jancsó's DOP was János Kende. The two already knew each other since Kende worked in The Red and the White (1967) as an assistant cameraman. Jancsó was unsatisfied with Kende's work, reshoot the entire first day and wanted to fire him. Finally, the two made it up, and their friendship is legendary. See more » |