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Péter Rudolf | ... | Szentes István, a jegyzö / Town Clerk |
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Bence Tasnádi | ... | Szentes Árpád |
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Tamás Szabó Kimmel | ... | Jancsi |
Dóra Sztarenki | ... | Kisrózsi | |
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Ági Szirtes | ... | Kustár Andrásné / Mrs. Kustár |
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József Szarvas | ... | Kustár András |
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Eszter Nagy-Kálózy | ... | Szentesné Anna / Mrs. Szentes |
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Iván Angelusz | ... | Sámuel Hermann |
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Marcell Nagy | ... | Sámuel Hermann fia / Son of Sámuel Hermann |
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István Znamenák | ... | Állomásfönök / Station Master |
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Sándor Terhes | ... | Iharos Pál |
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Miklós Székely B. | ... | Suba Mihály (as Miklós B. Székely) |
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György Somhegyi | ... | Ifj. Suba Mihály / Son of Suba Mihály |
Tünde Szalontay | ... | Rózsika | |
Béla Gados | ... | Pap / Priest |
12 August 1945, 11 AM. Two mysterious strangers, dressed in black, Jews, appear at the railway station of a Hungarian village. In the shadow of Russian occupation, the people of the village are preparing for the wedding of the son of the town clerk. The bride's former fiance returns from captivity. Within a few hours, everything changes. Secrets, sins, reckoning, love, betrayal, confrontation. Written by Bálint Rádóczy
It's a brilliant story of guilt and buried secrets coming to the fore. Using the aesthetics of a western with direct borrowing from High Noon and from Sergio Leone, especially the waiting for the train scene in Once Upon a Time in the West. But in this case its used to point the complete absence of any real hero from the story. The most heroic act performed by any character in this movie is going away.
This story is a story about all consuming guilt, about petty jealousies and how sin is its own punishment. But above all it's a story of how the war doesn't end when it ends. And it's done with a very competent hand and deep understanding of cinematic media. A very good ensemble of actors, amazing cinematography, great story and superlative directing.