A tanú

1969
1h 45min

PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb

TU PUNTUACIÓN

Añade un argumento en tu idiomaBanned for over a decade for its outspoken criticism of the post-WWII communist regime in Hungary, Péter Bacsó's 'The Witness' has since then achieved unparalleled cult status in its native ... Leer todoBanned for over a decade for its outspoken criticism of the post-WWII communist regime in Hungary, Péter Bacsó's 'The Witness' has since then achieved unparalleled cult status in its native land. Known as the best satire about communism, 'The Witness' has become a cult classic, w... Leer todoBanned for over a decade for its outspoken criticism of the post-WWII communist regime in Hungary, Péter Bacsó's 'The Witness' has since then achieved unparalleled cult status in its native land. Known as the best satire about communism, 'The Witness' has become a cult classic, which was also well received by critics and general audiences alike when it was finally rel... Leer todo

Ver la información de la producción en IMDbPro

PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb

8,6/10

8 mil

TU PUNTUACIÓN

Ver la información de la producción en IMDbPro

Imágenes18

+ 12

Reparto principal37

Editar

Ferenc Kállai

Pelikán József, gátõr

Lajos Öze

Virág Árpád
(as Õze Lajos)

Zoltán Fábri

Dániel Zoltán

Béla Both

Bástya elvtárs

Georgette Mertzhradt

Potocsni elvtársnõ (beszédtanár; szerep-betanító)
(as Georgette Mertzradt)

Róbert Rátonyi

Operettszínész
(as Róbert Ráthonyi)

Károly Bicskey

Gulyás Elemér
(as Károly Bicskei)

Lili Monori

Gizi

László Vámos

Idegorvos

Ida Versényi

Gogolák elvtársnõ

György Bálint

Pál Bánó

Bíró

Tibor Fehér

Börtönõr

József Iványi

Rendõr

Pál Jákó

Orvos

György Kézdy

Virág testõre
(as György Kézdi)

Péter Korbuly

Virág testõre

Lajos Mezey

Író
(as Lajos Mezei)

Más del estilo

8,2

Indul a bakterház

8,3

A tizedes meg a többiek

7,7

Üvegtigris

8,0

Isten hozta örnagy úr

8,5

7,8

7,6

7,4

6,9

6,8

7,3

7,0

Argumento

Editar

¿Sabías que...?

Editar

Curiosidades
Several quotes from the movie, especially the ones "the international situation is intensifying" and "life is not a whipped-cream cake" have become part of everyday speech in Hungary.

Citas
Virág Árpád: Life is not a whipped-cream cake, Pelikán.

Versiones alternativas
Uncensored version: In a longer scene, you can see how in the prison they talk about the thousand years of existence of the Catholic Church and the few years of socialism in comparison. In this version, they don't smoke in prison. Comrade Pelikán visits Zoltán Dániel in prison, where he has already been completely broken. As a result, Pelikán decides to testify. When the guard takes Pelikan to the place of execution, upon their arrival, in the uncensored version, the camera also shows the gallows ready for execution. At the end of the prison scene, the guard tells Pelikán: Get out of here, because I'm going to rage!. Instead of "I get angry", he originally said: "I shoot you in the ass", but due to censorship, it had to be dubbed over, but you can read the original, more stylistic text from his mouth. In the uncensored version, it can be heard with the original text. The last scene, in which Comrade Pelikán and Virág meet on the tram, was completely cut out (because it had to be inserted later, for ideological reasons, due to the positive ending). Therefore, the film ends with Pelican wandering around the big city uncertainly. He stops next to a young man reading a newspaper and asks what day it is, then what month it is. He tells him, but Pelikán even inquires about Duna's position, and the young man asks if Pelikán should also be his bride. In this version, the Marx quote is at the beginning of the film between the cast list and the Attila József quote.

Conexiones
Followed by Megint tanú (1995)

Banda sonora
Jaj, cica
Music by Emmerich Kálmán
Lyrics by Leo Stein and Béla Jenbach
Performed by Róbert Rátonyi

Reseñas de usuarios11

Comentarios

Reseña destacada

10/10

The international situation is intensifying!

I'm 29, live in Hungary, but only have seen this movie yesterday. I think, something was missing from my overall general knowledge of us.

The change to freedom from the socialist-communist regime was in 1989, 17 years ago (as of 2006), but all these experiences are so alive in today's people. Especially in the middle age (40-60 year old) generation lived through that time and their mind is vividly remembering. Sentences like the "The situation is intensifying!" (A helyzet fokozódik!), "Life is not a whipped-cream cake!" (Az élet nem habostorta.) are very common to hear. I remember my high school teachers using these phrases very often.

There's even a magazine called Magyar Narancs (Hungarian Orange) - I just didn't know why it is called orange until yesterday. I guess Fidesz, one of the current leader political parties (right wing), has it's color orange because they were related to this magazine during their early times.

There are a lot of elements in the film that are not explained, but everybody knows here. The black car arrived to take someone, to call each other Comrade (this was the natural way to address to others), to eat "tarhonya" again and again.

I just can't understand how this movie could be filmed and then released before 1989 and how the producers didn't finish up in a prison.

Another thing I liked how Pelikan lives his life. When it's time for joy, he is happy, when is time to move on, he moves on, he takes life as it comes. Going with the flow in the sense of Buddhists. He knows who he is, what he is capable of and lives true to his own values. And so he is living what life brings in front of him and happy with that.

This is a wonderful movie and is a must to understand daily life in Hungary. So, just rent it and watch it! 10/10