An old translator goes to Vienna to find the SS officer who killed his parents; the man's son opens the door instead. The two set off across Slovakia together — one of them interpreting, the other having never once asked about his father.
Cast
Peter SimonischekGeorg Graubner
Jiří MenzelAli Ungár
Zuzana MauréryEdita
Anita SzvrcsekJola
Anna Jakab RakovskáTruda
Eva KramerováBerta
Réka DerzsiVeronika
Anikó Varga
Martin Šulík — other films
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