19 Sep 1957
The Dark Side of the Earth
A drama set in 1956, during the unsuccessful Hungarian uprising against the Russians.
Well of Silence
Csendkút is a historical film drama made for the fiftieth anniversary of the 1956 revolution and freedom struggle and dedicated to the poet Attila Gérecz, the 1956 revolution and freedom struggle commemorating his martyrdom.
Top Billed Cast
Zoltán Hayth Attila Gérecz
Dóra Kakasy Klari
György Dörner Gerecz's father
Armand Kautzky Warden
László Sinkó Poet
Áron Öze Poet
Ádám Lux Fekete, poet
István Iglódi Poet
Kara Tunde Margit, engaged to Gerecz
Nora Benko former sport partner of Agnes, Gerecz
Józsa Imre Denes
Iván Dengyel Klari's father
Anna Kubik Gerecz's Mother
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