The Witness (1979)
June 6, 1979Release Date
The Witness (1979)
June 6, 1979Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently The Witness is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Universcine
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Cast & Crew.
Ferenc Kállai
József Pelikán
Lajos Őze
Árpád Virág
Zoltán Fábri
Zoltán Dániel
Béla Both
Bástya
Georgette Metzradt
Potocsni
Róbert Rátonyi
Operetta Singer
Károly Bicskey
Elemér Gulyás
Lili Monori
Gizi
László Vámos
Psychologist
Ida Versényi
Gogolak
György Bálint
Bishop
Pál Bánó
Judge
Tibor Fehér
Prison Guard
József Iványi
Police Officer
János Ujhelyi
Writer
Pál Jákó
Physician
Szabolcs Fényes
Composer
György Kézdy
Virág's Detective
Péter Korbuly
Virág's Detective
Lajos Mezey
Writer
István Németh
Bouncing Boy
István Novák
Kotász
József Pecsenke
Bástya's Bodyguard
Tibor Sipeki
Police Officer
Lajos Tándor
Usher
Péter Bacsó
Director / Screenplay
György Vukán
Original Music Composer
Sándor Boronkay
Editor
Judit Vidéki
Set Decoration
Tamás Vayer
Production Design
László Blahó
Art Direction
Aurélné Varga
Assistant Editor
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
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, it was subsequently banned from release and grew a cult film following among the population. As a result of its screening in foreign countries, the communist authorities eventually relented and allowed it to be released in Hungary. It was screened at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section. A sequel was made in 1994 named "Megint tanú" (English: Witness Again).
In April 2019, a restored version of the film was selected to be shown in the Cannes Classics section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.