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A tanú
„Nincs mit tenni – mondja Pelikán. – Kinyírjuk Dezsőt. – Gizi elbúsúl, könnycsepp jelenik meg a szeme sarkában: – Muszáj? – Pelikánnak megtódul a vére. Még ez a lány is az érzelmeset játssza? Odavágja elé az asztalra a húsjegyeekt. – Vagy panírozd be ezeket! – A konyhában ott a többi gyerek is. Az egyik felkapja szép, színes papírokat, és földobja a levegőbe. Nagy, színes papírpillangók röpködnek, lassan leereszkednek a földre, a kölykök nézik, nagyokat nevetnek. Pelikán szótlanul figyeli a gyerekeit, aztán leül. Vészjóslóan mered maga elé. – Nincs mit tenni. Kinyírjuk a Dezsőt. – Gizi szavát alig hallani: – Szegény Dezső. – Meg kell halni neki – mondja ki az ítéletet Pelikán. – Most? – Éjjel. Sokára jön meg az este. Pelikán üvegezett verandán ül, s várja, hogy gyűljön a sötét. A túlsú partról harangszót hoz a szél. Aztán csönd, és végre fekete éjszaka. Pelikán föláll, bemegy a konyhába, félretolja a kecskelábú asztalt. Felemeli az alatta levő csapóajtót, az asztalról fölmarkol egy villogó, kajla kést, és leereszkedik a pincébe. Gizi még utánaad egy nyugtalanul lobogó viharlámpát…”
184 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1980
About the author
Péter Bacsó
2 books1 followerPéter Bacsó was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter.
After high school graduation Bacsó wanted to become an actor and later a theatre director, but ultimately decided to try filmmaking. His first job in a film was as an assistant in Géza Radványi's Valahol Európában (Somewhere in Europe) at the age of 19. He continued as a script editor and screenwriter. He graduated at the Hungarian School of Theatrical- and Film Arts in 1950. At the time he was already a familiar face in studios.
He was a successful screenwriter during the 1950s before beginning to direct films a decade later. He made his first feature film, Nyáron egyszerű in 1963. He made his most famous film, A tanú (The Witness) in 1969, but it was banned at the time and wasn't released until 1979. The film became a cult classic in Hungary; it is a political satire about the early-1950s Communist regime.
Bacsó later continued to make mostly political and satirical films, for a wider audience. He made various genre films, trying his hand in musicals, comedies, etc. He continued filmmaking up to his later years, however his last two films were generally dismissed by critics and the public alike as badly written and low quality works. His 2001 film Hamvadó cigarettavég (Smouldering Cigarette) was a biopic of Hungarian actress and singer Katalin Karády. His 2008 film Virtually a Virgin was entered into the 30th Moscow International Film Festival.
After high school graduation Bacsó wanted to become an actor and later a theatre director, but ultimately decided to try filmmaking. His first job in a film was as an assistant in Géza Radványi's Valahol Európában (Somewhere in Europe) at the age of 19. He continued as a script editor and screenwriter. He graduated at the Hungarian School of Theatrical- and Film Arts in 1950. At the time he was already a familiar face in studios.
He was a successful screenwriter during the 1950s before beginning to direct films a decade later. He made his first feature film, Nyáron egyszerű in 1963. He made his most famous film, A tanú (The Witness) in 1969, but it was banned at the time and wasn't released until 1979. The film became a cult classic in Hungary; it is a political satire about the early-1950s Communist regime.
Bacsó later continued to make mostly political and satirical films, for a wider audience. He made various genre films, trying his hand in musicals, comedies, etc. He continued filmmaking up to his later years, however his last two films were generally dismissed by critics and the public alike as badly written and low quality works. His 2001 film Hamvadó cigarettavég (Smouldering Cigarette) was a biopic of Hungarian actress and singer Katalin Karády. His 2008 film Virtually a Virgin was entered into the 30th Moscow International Film Festival.
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January 13, 2021
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