Memories of a River (1990)
"Tutajosok" (original title)

Mail author for translation. A film Solymosi Eszter titkok ovezte vizbefulasa es a tiszaeszlari per nyomdokaba ered. Egy zsido hegyi pasztor, Scharf Jozsef a kozak pogrom elol menekul a ... See full summary »

Director:

Judit Elek

Writers:

Judit Elek, Péter Nádas

Stars:

Sándor Gáspár, András Stohl, Pál Hetényi

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sándor Gáspár	...	Herskó Dávid
András Stohl	...	Matej
Pál Hetényi	...	Csepkanics
Zoltán Mucsi	...	Jákob
Franciszek Pieczka	...	Vogel Ansel
János Ács	...	Vay György
Tamás Fodor	...	Eötvös Károly
Róbert Koltai	...	Scharf József
Andor Lukáts	...	Schwarz Salamon
Georgiana Tarjan	...	Sára (as Tarján Györgyi)
Erzsébet Gaál
Zoltán Sárközy
László Szabó
Tamás Eröss	...	Smikovics
Berta Domínguez D.	...	Koldusnõ (as Berta Domínguez)

Storyline

Mail author for translation. A film Solymosi Eszter titkok ovezte vizbefulasa es a tiszaeszlari per nyomdokaba ered. Egy zsido hegyi pasztor, Scharf Jozsef a kozak pogrom elol menekul a Monarchia teruletere. Ruszin es zsido favagok veszik gondozasba. Hersko David fogadja be a csaladjaba, egyutt ulik a husvetot. Mikor a fausztatok szokasos evi utjukra keszulodnek a Tiszan, egy holttest bukkan fol a vizen. A nyomozas soran Scharf fiat, Moricot betanitjak a zsidok elleni hamis tanuvallomasra.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Hungary France

Language:

Hungarian

Release Date:

8 February 1990 (Hungary)

Also Known As:

Memoirs of a River

Filming Locations:

Hungary

Company Credits

Production Co:

Budapest Játékfilmstúdió, Feeling Productions laSept, La Sept

Technical Specs

Runtime:

147 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

For the purposes of the film 14 sheep were spread with flammable substance, and then to the order by Judit Elek were burned alive. 69 scientists from the Jagiellonian University demanded from authorities of forbidding Judit Elek entry to Poland. Scientists wrote among others: "No director knowing his own worth would debase himself for using so primitive and cruel methods".

User Reviews

Long but fairly effective story

This type of story has been done before. Hungarian Jews are being persecuted during earlier times. The fact that it is a Hungarian production kept me watching because I was unsure what was going to happen, unlike most conventional studio product. An unintentional byproduct of the film was that I was amazed by how many rituals some religions have and it makes one wonder why people put up with it. One thing is for certain that the film doesn't make me long for the old days. Absorbing film but for one viewing only.