Why Wasn't He There?Movie
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...
About Why Wasn't He There?
Why Wasn't He There? is a 1993 drama movie directed by András Jeles.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 45m, production credits from Hungary, an original language code of HU.
The credited cast includes Péter Halász, Kathleen Gati, Sándor Fábry, Cora Fisher. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
