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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. Due to the generosity of these women and a former childhood pal...
Keywords: tmdb.nationalism,
tmdb.army,
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imdb.farm,
imdb.poisoning + 45 more,
imdb.communist,
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imdb.morality,
imdb.hiding,
imdb.hungarian-royal-gendarme,
imdb.fear,
imdb.reprisal,
imdb.husband-wife-relationship,
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imdb.secret-policeman,
imdb.self-preservation,
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imdb.secretly-poisoning-someone,
imdb.hungry,
imdb.mother-in-law,
imdb.political-upheaval,
imdb.shooting,
imdb.fugitive,
imdb.reference-to-admiral-nicholas-horthy,
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imdb.post-world-war-one,
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aspectratio.2-35-1
Production companies: Mafilm
Runtime: 72 min.
Released: June 12, 1968
Status: Released
Certification: NR / 12+
