Silence and Cry (1968)

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.

Released June 12, 1968 72 min 12+

Genres: Drama, War

Keywords: tmdb.nationalism, tmdb.army, imdb.freeze-frame, imdb.year-1919, imdb.army, imdb.farm, imdb.poisoning + 45 more, imdb.communist, imdb.shot-to-death, imdb.poison, imdb.nationalism, imdb.long-take, imdb.terror, imdb.execution, imdb.persecution, imdb.revolution, imdb.social-upheaval, imdb.hungarian-red-army, imdb.hungarian-history, imdb.hungary, imdb.ex-red-army-soldier, imdb.morality, imdb.hiding, imdb.hungarian-royal-gendarme, imdb.fear, imdb.reprisal, imdb.husband-wife-relationship, imdb.counter-revolution, imdb.secret-policeman, imdb.self-preservation, imdb.bela-kun-regime, imdb.refuge, imdb.great-hungarian-plains, imdb.police, imdb.violence, imdb.servant-girl, imdb.secret, imdb.symbolism, imdb.violence-begets-violence, imdb.secretly-poisoning-someone, imdb.hungry, imdb.mother-in-law, imdb.political-upheaval, imdb.shooting, imdb.fugitive, imdb.reference-to-admiral-nicholas-horthy, imdb.countryside, imdb.post-world-war-one, imdb.hungarian, imdb.commanding-officer, imdb.murder, aspectratio.2-35-1