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The Witness (Hungarian: A tanú, also known as Without a Trace), is a 1969 Hungarian political satire comedy film directed by Péter Bacsó, co-written by Bacsó and János Újhegyi, and starring Ferenc Kállai, Lajos Őze, Béla Both, and Lili Monori.
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.
- (7.9K)
- Drama, Comedy
- Péter Bacsó
- 1979-06-06
Peter Bacsó’s The Witness (A Tanu, 1969) Vol. 5 (May 2011) by Colette de Castro. This film was banned in Hungry for more than a decade, from 1969 to 1981. Set in the 1950s, it portrays in a satiric tone a corrupt and deceitful system of government.
The Witness (Hungarian: A tanú, also known as Without a Trace), is a 1969 Hungarian political satire comedy film directed by Péter Bacsó, co-written by Bacsó and János Újhegyi, and starring Ferenc Kállai, Lajos Őze, Béla Both, and Lili Monori.
A tanú aka The Witness (1969) is a courageous critique of the folly and dishonesty of Hungary’s post-war Communist regime and still astounding by virtue of having been made in such a tense political climate in the first place.
- (2K)
- Mafilm
- Péter Bacsó
An innocent Hungarian dam-keeper is caught in the politics of a pig theft and a hybrid-orange experiment.
- Comedy, Drama
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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.
