Well of Silence (2007)
Csendkút is a historical film drama made for the fiftieth anniversary of the 1956 revolution and freedom struggle and dedicated to the poet Attila Gérecz, the 1956 revolution and freedom struggle commemorating his martyrdom.
Top billed cast
Zoltán HaythAttila Gérecz
Dóra KakasyKlari
György DörnerGerecz's father
Armand KautzkyWarden
László SinkóPoet
Áron ÖzePoet- Ádám LuxFekete, poet
István IglódiPoet- Kara TundeMargit, engaged to Gerecz
- Nora Benkoformer sport partner of Agnes, Gerecz
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