Silence and Cry
6.8
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.
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Cast
23 people
Mari Törőcsik
Teréz
Known for
Music Box
Sunshine
Bujtor István
Kovács II.
Zoltán Latinovits
Kémeri
Known for
The Round-Up
The Fifth Seal
József Madaras
Károly
Known for
The Red and the White
The Round-Up
Andrea Drahota
Anna
Known for
Red Psalm
András Kozák
István
Known for
The Red and the White
The Round-Up
István Bujtor
Kovács II.
Known for
Red Psalm
Ida Siménfalvy
Teréz' mother
Known for
The Round-Up
János Koltai
Peasant
Known for
The Round-Up
Sándor Siménfalvy
Old Peasant
Known for
The Round-Up
Kornélia Sallay
Auntie Veronika
Also in
Just Like at Home
Anna Szabó
Mária Gór Nagy
Kis Veronika
Also in
The Pagan Madonna
Zsaruvér és Csigavér I.: A királyné nyakéke
Miklós Jancsó Director · Gyula Hernádi Writer János Kende Cinematographer
United States release September 18, 1968 · Produced in Hungary · Original title Csend és kiáltás
Production
Mafilm
Production
Hungary
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Csend és kiáltás
Original language
Hungarian
Spoken on screen
Hungarian
Release dates
Hungary · June 12, 1968
Theatrical
United States · September 18, 1968
Theatrical
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