Why Wasn't He There?
105 mins
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...
Cora Fisher
Éva (as Cora Fischer)
Lörinc Gulyás
David Copperfield
Éva Láng
Grandma
Elemér Sós
Grandpa
István Bálint
Éva's father
András Jeles
Director
András Jeles
Writer
Tibor Máthé
Director of Photography
László Melis
Original Music Composer
Margit Galamb
Editor
László Berta
Executive Producer
Pál Bori
Executive Producer
Frédéric Bourboulon
Producer
Tamás Breier
Set Decoration
Zsuzsa Pártényi
Costume Design