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Why Wasn't He There? (1993)

Directed by András Jeles

Drama · 1h 45m

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...

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Cast

Péter Halász Béla Kathleen Gati Ági Sándor Fábry Officer Szepesváry
C
Cora Fisher Éva (as Cora Fischer)
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Lörinc Gulyás David Copperfield Györgyi Kari Maid
É
Éva Láng Grandma
E
Elemér Sós Grandpa
I
István Bálint Éva's father

Crew

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

Details

Original title
Senkiföldje
Release date
1993-10-27
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Drama
Original language
HU
Spoken languages
Hungarian
Countries
Hungary
Production
Dom Filmowe, AB Films, Dialóg Filmstúdió