Second Run: 2K Restoration of Silence and Cry Detailed for Blu-ray

British label Second Run has detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of director Miklós Jancsó's Silence and Cry (1968), starring Andrea Drahota, László Szabó, Zsolt Körtvélyessy, Mari Töröcsik, and József Madaras. The release will be available for purchase on February 19.

Synopsis: An elliptical, claustrophobic drama shot in the brilliant, breathtaking long takes that are Jancsó's trademark, Silence and Cry is set after the fall of the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919. A young Red soldier, fleeing the anti-Communist manhunt, takes refuge at the isolated farm of a peasant family, who are are already under police scrutiny for being politically suspect...

Working on a more intimate canvas, following the epic The Round-Up and The Red and the White, Hungarian master Jancsó's film is still very much concerned with the terrible, tyrannical impact of power, politics and history.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• BRAND NEW 2K RESTORATION of the film by the Hungarian Digital Archive and Film Institute, supervised by the film's cinematographer János Kende
• Original Hungarian soundtrack in Dual Mono 24-bit LPCM audio
• Booklet featuring a new essay on the film by critic and film historian Tony Rayns
• New and improved English subtitle translation
• AND More...