Cold Days
1966
96 minutes
Overview
Andras Kovacs' film, considered one of the most important Hungarian films of the 1960s, centers around four men who await trial for their involvement in the massacre of several thousand Jewish and Serbian people of Novi Sad in 1942. Each denies any responsibility, claiming that they were only following orders. The film is significant for its willingness to address the subject of Hungary's role in WWII, which was taboo at the time of the its release.
Top Cast
Zoltán Latinovits
Major Büky
Iván Darvas
Captain Tarpataki
Ádám Szirtes
Corporal Szabó
Tibor Szilágyi
Ensign Pozdor
Margit Bara
Rózsa
Teri Horváth
a cashier
Irén Psota
Betti
Mari Szemes
Milena
Éva Vass
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István Avar
Corporal Dorner
Tamás Major
Colonel Grassy
János Zách
General-Lieutenant Feketehalmy-Czeydner
Gyula Benkő
Lieutenant Colonel Kázoni
András Ambrus
Büky's bachelor
Antal Farkas
Jeweler
János Koltai
Adolf Gottlieb
Gábor Koncz
Zsarko
Károly Kovács
Colonel Ballay
József Madaras
Golyószórós
Tibor Molnár
Prison warden
Erzsi Simor
Mrs. Ballay
