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- Banned 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 released outside of Hungary. Its candid and realistic portrayal of the incompetent communist regime has earned great acclaim for both the director and the film itself when it was shown at Cannes Film Festival in 1981. 'The Witness' takes place during the height of the Rákosi Era, which was closely modeled after the ruthless and brutal Stalin regime. The film follows the life of an ordinary dike keeper, József Pelikán, who has been caught for illegally slaughtering his pig, Dezsõ. Instead of doing hard time for his "heinous" crime, Pelikán is elevated into an important position, generally reserved for the communist elite. Of course, Pelikán is utterly clueless about his newfound luck, not to mention his new job. Even his new benefactor, the mysterious Comrade Virág, is reluctant to reveal the real reason behind Pelikán's preferential treatment. Thus, begins Pelikán's hilarious adventure deep within the "sophisticated" communist society. One failure after another the incompetent Pelikán is elevated higher and higher on the communist echelon, all the while remaining completely clueless about his promotions. Until one day, when he gets called for to return the "favour" by falsely testifying against his long-time friend in a mock-up show trial.
- Set in the 1890s on the Hungarian plains, a group of farm workers go on strike in-which they face harsh reprisals and the reality of revolt, oppression, morality and violence.
- Savanyú and his friends work at a plant. After the monotonous shifts they engage in the pleasures of the afternoon and the night: Sex, parties and concerts. Savanyú dates Juli, who works in workers' hostels with the other girls. They are already engaged, but have almost no time to spend together. At a concert held in the Park of Youth, Juli gets to know Géza. They flirt and eventually travel through the country with a pop-group. Savanyú goes after them and catches up with Géza and the pop-group. A minor fight cools the atmosphere. Juli must decide, and her choice is Savanyú. Nothing can stop the wedding now.
- A young journalist resolves to find out the reasons for a murder of an agricultural farm employee, killed eight years before.
- While trying to find a cancer cure during WWII, an SS doctor discovered a terrible poison. 20 years after the war, the old Nazi gets out of prison, and the hunt for him and his discovery begins.
- After her husband dies, a woman questions her love for her husband and whether or not to accept money from the insurance policy. Tensions mount when her estranged son returns to the familial home with his girlfriend.
- A wheelchaired apothecary is summoned to the police station for "a particular matter". The old man is convinced that his sin is revealed, which he had committed during the war. His friends insist that they only wanted to joke with him but his conscience can no longer be silenced.
- An engineer gets all the blame for reporting a mistake because his bosses are worried about the possible consequences.
- A young soldier, who has spent the last three nights before he leaves for the front with his lover, discovers when he deserts to be with her once more that she has betrayed him, and decides to report to the police who are questioning him, that she is a Communist.
- Mózes Imre, the quality inspector of a big factory in Budapest loses his job overnight because he did not obey the director's instructions and refused some bad products of the company. When he brings the case before a court his arguments are not really appreciated. The director, however, recognises that, to a certain extent, Mózes is right and lets him re-enter as a head of a smaller operational section.
- Zsuzsa is a third-year student, majoring pedagogy. She is in love with Zoltan. They have a child. Zoltan will remain in the department though Zsuzsa and him used to fight against the university's policy. After a night spent with friends in Paris when May 68 Events occurred, Zsuzsa decides to separate.
- Laci is a talented and ambitious young worker in a factory. He is being recruited as a system-organizer by an open-minded mid-level manager. Laci's promotion disturbs the old co-workers. Meanwhile Laci meets Anna, the daughter of the factory's director. They get together and fall in love although their views are completely different: Laci is a poor worker, Anna is from a rich family and she is a university student. They start to live together in a half-ready flat without any comfort. In the meantime Laci is being fired due to an unauthorized interview he gave the television. Anna gets pregnant and her parents want her to break-up with Laci and move back home. Laci become a livestock farmer and working all day and night with his newly got piggies to live on somehow...
- When András, Albert and Bence are on a cycling tour around Lake Balaton, their dreams come true. Sunshine, beach and pretty girls. András and his younger brother run after the same girl, Eszter. András persuade his brother not to pinch the girl. András pick her up one night and split up with her next day. Eszter follows the boy, but András sends her away.
- A story about a young teacher who has great ambitions to work in a village called Szentjános. And since she doesn't just want changes in the school, she will soon come face to face with the locals.
- A real Hungarian spy story from the 60s. An entire army of spies across the ocean is fighting for the Hungarian invention that protects humanity, because in this country they would only start manufacturing it in the next five-year plan. The checkered briefcase is carried by the engineer of the invention office over mountains and valleys, on trains and in the air. The prominent figure of the police group led by Pharaoh, the Mummy, also gets involved in the complicated chases.