Why Wasn't He There?
Why Wasn't He There?
1993, Hungarian. Directed by András Jeles.
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...
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Hungarian
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- Released
- 27 October 1993
- Original title
- Senkiföldje
- Country
- Hungary
- Written by
- András Jeles
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Why Wasn't He There? runs 105 minutes (1h 45m).
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Why Wasn't He There? isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 27 October 1993. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Why Wasn't He There??
Why Wasn't He There? (1993) was directed by András Jeles and stars Péter Halász, Kathleen Gati, Sándor Fábry.