A TANÚ
(THE WITNESS)
The Witness is set in the Rákosi era during the 1950s. Dyke-reeve József Pelikán lives with his large family on the dyke. One day he comes across a poacher fisherman who turns out to be an old friend, Zoltán Dániel, who was made a minister of state in 1949. In 1944, the two of them had battled against the fascist Arrow Cross party, and Pelikán had hidden the one-time resistance fighter in his cellar, precisely where he now has pork sides of an illegally slaughtered pig concealed. When the State Security Force (ÁVO) turns up in response to an anonymous tip, it is the minister himself who betrays his friend and reveals his one-time hiding place to the police. After this, the naive Pelikán finds himself caught up in a series of incomprehensible events…
Year of production: 1969
Country: Hungary
Durée : 111 minutes
Credits
- Péter BACSÓ Director
- György VUKÁN Music
- Károly PELLER Sound
- Katalin JÁN Costume Design
Casting
- Ferenc KÁLLAI Pelikán
- Zoltán FÁBRI Zoltán Dániel
- Lajos OZE comrade Virág
- Béla BOTH comrade Bástya
- Lili MONORI Gizi
Contacts
Production
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MAFILM STUDIO 1
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- Hungary
T: 36 202592835[email protected]
French Press
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CLAVIS FILMS
T: 33 0659490123clavisfilms.com
Simon SHANDOR[email protected]
Distribution
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HUNGARIAN NATIONAL FILM FUND - FILM ARCHIVE
T: 36 1018http://filmarchiv.hu/hu[email protected]
International sales
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HUNGARIAN NATIONAL FILM FUND - FILM ARCHIVE
T: 36 1018http://filmarchiv.hu/hu[email protected]
