---
title: 'The Witman Boys (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'János Szász'
released: '1997-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Hungary'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-witman-boys-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120526/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Witman Boys (1997)

1997 · 93 min · Drama · Hungary

Original title: Witman fiúk

## Synopsis

The Witman Boys is a 1997 Hungarian drama film co-written and directed by János Szász. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. At the 20th Moscow International Film Festival the film won the FIPRESCI Prize and Szász won the Silver St. George for Best Director. The film was selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

## Credits

- **Director:** [János Szász](https://cinepixo.com/people/janos-szasz)
- **Screenplay:** [János Szász](https://cinepixo.com/people/janos-szasz), [András Szeredás](https://cinepixo.com/people/andras-szeredas)
- **Producer:** [Ferenc Kardos](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferenc-kardos)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tibor Máthé](https://cinepixo.com/people/tibor-mathe)

## Cast

- [Maia Morgenstern](https://cinepixo.com/people/maia-morgenstern) as Witman fiúk anyja
- [György Barkó](https://cinepixo.com/people/gyorgy-barko)
- [Péter Andorai](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-andorai)
- [Lajos Kovács](https://cinepixo.com/people/lajos-kovacs) as Witman Dénes
- [Szabolcs Gergely](https://cinepixo.com/people/szabolcs-gergely) as Witman Ernő
- [Alpár Fogarasi](https://cinepixo.com/people/alpar-fogarasi) as Witman János

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