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"Miklós Jancsó's Silence and cry is set during a turbulent era of post-WWI Hungarian society. 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 a...
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| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | Hungarian |
| Language Notes: | Hungarian dialogue; with optional English subtitles. |
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[United Kingdom] :
Second Run,
[2018]
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| Summary: | "Miklós Jancsó's Silence and cry is set during a turbulent era of post-WWI Hungarian society. 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, who is now a commandant of the local Royal Gendarme outfit, István is safely hidden from the ever-prying eyes of the secret policemen, who relentlessly roam the countryside searching for ex-Red Army men and their sympathisers. However, upon discovering that the women are secretly poisoning the mother-in-law and the husband, the legal owners of the farm, István must make the most difficult decision of his life. As a personal war is waging within his own consciousness over morality and self-preservation, István must decide whether to remain silent about the women's devious secret and preserve his own life, or to report their crime to the Royal Gendarme, which would also mean death for him"--IMDb. |
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| Item Description: | Dates from packaging copyright on container. Blu-ray release of the 1968 motion picture; new HD transfer of the film by the Hungarian Digital Archive and Film Institute. Booklet (11 pages ; illustrations) with credits and an essay by Tony Rayns inserted in container. Special features include documentary Jelenlét (32 min.), world premiere HD presentation of Jancsó's renowned but rarely-seen documentary trilogy of short films. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (77 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (11 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm). |
| Format: | Blu-ray disc; regions A,B,C; BD25; 1080p; aspect ratio: 2.35:1;2.0 dual mono LPCM sound format; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Audience: | Rated: 12+. |
| Production Credits: | Cinematography, János Kende; editing, Zoltán Farkas; music, Tamás Cseh. |