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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 ...
Jun 6, 1979 · The Witness: Directed by Péter Bacsó. With Ferenc Kállai, Lajos Öze, Zoltán Fábri, Béla Both. Banned for over a decade for its outspoken criticism of the post-WWII communist regime in Hungary, Péter Bacsó's 'The Witness' has since then achieved unparalleled cult status in its native land.
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- Drama, Comedy
- Péter Bacsó
- 1979-06-06
Bacsó, who died in 2009, is now appreciated as a maker of classic satiric Hungarian films. The film is largely autobiographical. He was a friend of Imre Nagy, the postwar prime minister who lead the country towards independence from the Soviet Union but was dismissed and executed after the invasion of 1956. Joszef goes to prison four times.
‘The Witness’ takes place during the height of the Rákosi Era, which was closely modeled after the ruthless and brutal Stalin regime. The film follows the life of an ordinary dike keeper, József Pelikán, who has been caught for illegally slaughtering his pig, Dezsõ.
Péter Bacsó's The Witness is genuinely inspired, a ruthless, slow-building satire of a state under communism that slips into surreality before depositing the viewer squarely back in present-day Hungary. The film's main character, a WWII-hero-turned-dike-keeper named József Pelikán (Ferenc Kállai), is an honest, unimaginative man who is ...
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- Mafilm
- Péter Bacsó
The film follows the life of an ordinary dike keeper, József Pelikán, who has been caught for illegally slaughtering his pig, Dezsõ. Instead of doing hard time for his “heinous” crime, Pelikán is elevated into an important position, generally reserved for the communist elite.
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The Witness 1969 1h 48m ... Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Brave Hungarian film that perfectly captures the systematic betrayal of humanism in ...
- Comedy, Drama
