'' The Witness '' ( , also known as '' Without A Trace '' ) , is a 1969 Hungarian satire film , directed by Péter Bacsó . The film was created in a tense political climate at a time when talking about the early 1950s and the 1956 Revolution was still taboo . Although it was financed and allowed to be made by the communist authorities , it was subsequently banned from release . As a result of its screening in foreign countries , the communist authorities eventually relented and allowed it to be released in Hungary . It was screened at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section . A sequel was made in 1994 named " Megint tanú " ( English : Witness Again )
1981 Cannes Film Festival
1981 Cannes Film Festival
The Witness (1969 Hungarian film)