Cold Days

7

Hungary

Drama War

96 min

1966

Zoltán Latinovits Tibor Molnár József Madaras Károly Kovács Gábor Koncz János Koltai András Ambrus Gyula Benkő Tamás Major István Avar Éva Vass Mari Szemes Irén Psota Teri Horváth Margit Bara Tibor Szilágyi Ádám Szirtes Iván Darvas István Bujtor

Andras Kovacs' film, considered one of the most important Hungarian films of the 1960s, centers around four men who await trial for their involvement in the massacre of several thousand Jewish and Serbian people of Novi Sad in 1942. Each denies any responsibility, claiming that they were only following orders. The film is significant for its willingness to address the subject of Hungary's role in WWII, which was taboo at the time of the its release.