Out of the Past - KVIFF 60/80 / Hideg napok / Hungary 1966
“I love the Danube, that silent witness to our history; how many times have we wished that it could talk”, stated András Kovács. The Hungarian director had recently completed his hitherto most ambitious film Cold Days, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Tibor Cseres. The public followed the production with a sense of anticipation and also trepidation, since the story explored the dark and, to this day, painful events of the Novi Sad massacre. In 1946 four men share a prison cell, accused of planning war crimes committed by Horthy’s army. As they await their trial, they reminisce about what happened, returning to those “cold days” on the banks of the Danube. Their aim is not merely to exonerate themselves before the tribunal but also, above all, to do so in their own eyes.
Tomáš Hubáček
101 min / Black & white, DCP
Director András Kovács
/ Screenplay Tibor Cseres, András Kovács
/ Dir. of Photography Ferenc Szécsényi
/ Editor Mária Daróczy
/ Art Director Béla Zeichan
/ Production MAFILM Stúdió 1
/ Cast Zoltán Latinovits, Iván Darvas, Tibor Szilágyi, Ádám Szirtes, Margit Bara, Teri Horváth
András Kovács. Selected filmography: Shower (Zápor, 1961), Cold Days (Hideg napok, 1966), Fallow Land (A magyar ugaron, 1973), The Stud Farm (A ménesgazda, 1978), Afternoon Affair (Szeretök, 1984).
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