Overview
The story takes place at the time of the defeat of the Hungarian War of Independence, when Csákberény came under the terror of the imperial soldiers. Two priests from the village are arrested overnight for reading the Hungarian Declaration of Independence. Although the Austrian soldiers enjoy their power, they are unable to identify with the repression. The purpose of the trial of a military imprisonment court is to obtain a confession, to prove that a violation of sovereignty has been committed.
Cast
- Sándor Gáspár as Szikszai János református lelkész
- Imre Krisztián as Manszbarth Antal plébános
- István Hirtling as Haynau
- Illés Juhász as Wunyewszky
- Kelemen István as Valkay
- Lily Varga as Szikszainé
- Ádám Lábodi as Förhétz
- Mihály Balogh as Osztrák tiszt
- Erika Borbély as Szolgálólány
- Csaba Horváth as Osztrák katona