The Witness (1969 Hungarian film)
| A tanú | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Péter Bacsó |
| Written by | Péter Bacsó János Újhegyi |
| Starring | Ferenc Kállai Lajos Őze Béla Both Lili Monori |
| Cinematography | János Zsombolyai |
| Edited by | Sándor Boronkay |
| Music by | György Vukán |
| Distributed by | Mafilm |
Release date | June 6, 1979 (Hungary) |
Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Hungary |
| Language | Hungarian |
The Witness (Hungarian: A tanú, also known as Without A Trace), is a 1969 Hungarian satire comedy film, directed by Péter Bacsó. The film was created in a tense political climate at a time when talking about the early 1950s and the 1956 Revolution was still taboo. Although it was financed and allowed to be made by the communist authorities, it was subsequently banned from release and grew a cult film following among the population.[1] As a result of its screening in foreign countries, the communist authorities eventually relented and allowed it to be released in Hungary. It was screened at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.[2] A sequel was made in 1994 named "Megint tanú" (English: Witness Again).
In April 2019, a restored version of the film was selected to be shown in the Cannes Classics section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.[3]
Plot
The film features József Pelikán as a single father who previously participated in the WW2
Cast
- Ferenc Kállai - József Pelikán, dike-reeve
- Lajos Őze - Árpád Virág
- Béla Both - Comrade Bástya
- Zoltán Fábri - Zoltán Dániel
- Lili Monori - Gizi
- Károly Bicskey - Elemér Gulyás
- György Kézdi - Virág's detective
- József Horváth - Railwayman
- Róbert Rátonyi - Operetta actor
References
- ^ "A tanú – The Witness".
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Witness". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- ^ "Cannes Classics 2019". Festival de Cannes. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
Notes
- Janet Maslin, New York Times review, September 26, 1981
External links
- PORT.hu
- The Witness at IMDb
