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Silence and Cry (1968) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1968 · 72 mins · Hungarian
- Directed by
- Miklós Jancsó
- Starring
- László Szabó, József Konrád, Mari Törőcsik, István Bujtor, Mária Goór Nagy, Ila Schütz
Set in post‑WWI Hungary in 1919 after the brief communist Republic of Councils collapses under a nationalist counter‑revolution, Admiral Horthy declares himself regent. The Royal Gendarme hunts former Red Army soldiers. Ex‑soldier István Cserzi hides on a remote farm run by two sympathetic women, while the nation lives in fear and persecution.
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