Silence and Cry (1968)

Set during a turbulent era of disquiet fear persecution and terror which permeates every corner of postWWI Hungarian society In 1919 after just a few months of communist rule the Hungarian Republic of Councils falls victim to a nationalist counterrevolution Admiral Horthy leader of the nationalist far right movement becomes the selfproclaimed regent of Hungary and assumes power as the legal Head of State Soldiers of the shortlived Hungarian Red Army are now on the run from relentless secret policemen and patrol units of the nationalist Royal Gendarme If caught exRed Army soldiers are executed without mercy or proper trial 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