Why Wasn't He There?

Why Wasn't He There? — Plot

The film is a story of parallel biographies. In 1944, three generations of a Jewish family of pharmacists live in a small Hungarian town. Eva, the 13-year-old granddaughter, keeps a diary and reads Dickens' Copperfield's David. From time to time, the hero of the novel appears in her life, or Eva enters the world of the novel. First, Eve's cousin is taken away. Then Eva's mother and her boyfriend arrive from Pest. They seize Grandpa's shop, arrest her father, and the ordeal doesn't end there...

• Release date
• October 27, 1993
• Runtime
• 105 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• András Jeles

Why Wasn't He There? — Cast

Péter Halász Béla Kathleen Gati Ági Sándor Fábry Officer Szepesváry

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Cora Fisher Éva (as Cora Fischer)

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Lörinc Gulyás David Copperfield Györgyi Kari Maid

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Éva Láng Grandma

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Elemér Sós Grandpa