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Why Wasn't He There?

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...

Top Cast

  • Péter Halász

    Péter Halász

    Béla

  • Kathleen Gati

    Kathleen Gati

    Ági

  • Sándor Fábry

    Sándor Fábry

    Officer Szepesváry

  • Cora Fisher

    Cora Fisher

    Éva (as Cora Fischer)

  • Lörinc Gulyás

    Lörinc Gulyás

    David Copperfield

  • Györgyi Kari

    Györgyi Kari

    Maid

  • Éva Láng

    Éva Láng

    Grandma

  • Elemér Sós

    Elemér Sós

    Grandpa

  • István Bálint

    István Bálint

    Éva's father

Overview

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...

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