The Witness
Release date: 1979-06-06
Votes: 61
Genres: Comedy
Hungary, 1950s. József Pelikán, who works as a dam keeper on the Danube, meets by chance Zoltán Dániel, an old friend whom he saved from death years before and who is now a powerful politician.
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