Why Wasn't He There? (1993)
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...
Director: András Jeles
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Péter Halász as Béla |
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Kathleen Gati as Ági |
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Sándor Fábry as Officer Szepesváry |
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Cora Fisher as Éva (as Cora Fischer) |
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Lörinc Gulyás as David Copperfield |
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Györgyi Kari as Maid |
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Éva Láng as Grandma |
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Elemér Sós as Grandpa |
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István Bálint as Éva's father |
| Writing | András Jeles | Writer |
| Camera | Tibor Máthé | Director of Photography |
| Directing | András Jeles | Director |
| Editing | Margit Galamb | Editor |
| Art | Tamás Breier | Set Decoration |
| Sound | László Melis | Original Music Composer |
| Production | László Berta | Executive Producer |
| Production | Pál Bori | Executive Producer |
| Production | Frédéric Bourboulon | Producer |
| Production | Filip Bajon | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zsuzsa Pártényi | Costume Design |
