Drama · Hungary · 1993 · 1h 45m

Why Wasn't He There?

Senkiföldje

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Director

Cast

Péter Halász as Béla Kathleen Gati as Ági Sándor Fábry as Officer Szepesváry Cora Fisher as Éva (as Cora Fischer) Lörinc Gulyás as David Copperfield Györgyi Kari as Maid

Crew

Tibor Máthé — Director of Photography Margit Galamb — Editor László Melis — Original Music Composer András Jeles — Writer Frédéric Bourboulon — Producer Filip Bajon — Producer

Synopsis

The film is a story of parallel biographies. In 1944, three generations of a Jewish family of pharmacists live in a small Hungarian town. Eva, the 13-year-old granddaughter, keeps a diary and reads Dickens' Copperfield's David. From time to time, the hero of the novel appears in her life, or Eva enters the world of the novel. First, Eve's cousin is taken away. Then Eva's mother and her boyfriend arrive from Pest. They seize Grandpa's shop, arrest her father, and the ordeal doesn't end there...

Key Collaborators

András Jeles Director Tibor Máthé Director of Photography Margit Galamb Editor László Melis Original Music Composer András Jeles Writer Frédéric Bourboulon Producer Filip Bajon Producer Zsuzsa Pártényi Costume Design

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