The Witness

The Witness

Part of The Witness Collection

1979•1h 48m•8.1/10

Comedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

8.1/10(62)

Hungary, 1950s. József Pelikán, who works as a dam keeper on the Danube, meets by chance Zoltán Dániel, an old friend whom he saved from death years before and who is now a powerful politician.

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Production

Mafilm

Language

HU

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Ferenc Kállai

Ferenc Kállai

József Pelikán

Lajos Őze

Lajos Őze

Árpád Virág

Zoltán Fábri

Zoltán Fábri

Zoltán Dániel

Béla Both

Béla Both

Bástya

Georgette Metzradt

Georgette Metzradt

Potocsni

Róbert Rátonyi

Róbert Rátonyi

Operetta Singer

Károly Bicskey

Károly Bicskey

Elemér Gulyás

Lili Monori

Lili Monori

Gizi

László Vámos

Psychologist

Ida Versényi

Gogolak

György Bálint

Bishop

Pál Bánó

Judge

Tibor Fehér

Prison Guard

József Iványi

Police Officer

Pál Jákó

Physician

György Kézdy

György Kézdy

Virág's Detective

Péter Korbuly

Virág's Detective

Lajos Mezey

Lajos Mezey

Writer

István Németh

Bouncing Boy

István Novák

Kotász

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