Másnap (2004)

Director:

Attila Janisch

Writer:

András Forgách

Release Date:

16 February 2004 (Hungary)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

The details of a young girl's brutal murder are told through manipulated chronology and fragmented storylines.

Awards:

5 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Tibor Gáspár
Borbála Derzsi
Sándor Czeczô
Dénes Ujlaky		(as Dénes Ujlaki)
Kati Lázár
Mari Nagy
Márta Szabó
Anett Forgács
József Szarvas
János Derzsi
Éva Almássy Albert		(as Almásy Albert Éva)
András Fekete
Lajos Kovács
Sándor ifj. Kõmíves
Iván Dengyel
Zoltán Tóth
Eliza Gulyás

Directed by
Attila Janisch

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
András Forgách

Produced by
Péter Miskolczi	....	producer
András Tóth	....	line producer

Original Music by
György Ligeti
Hans Mittendorf
Schahram Poursoudmand

Cinematography by
Gábor Medvigy

Film Editing by
Anna Kornis
Panny Kornis

Production Design by
Attila Kovács		(as F. Kovács Attila)

Set Decoration by
F. Attila Kovács
László Makai
László Mohovics
László Molnár
Zoltán Szabó
Lajos Töreky		(as Töreki Lajos)

Costume Design by
Zsuzsa Megyesi

Makeup Department
Judit Halász	....	makeup artist

Production Management
István Király	....	production manager
András Tóth	....	production manager

Art Department
Sándor Bognár	....	construction
Barna Brill	....	construction
Péter Brill	....	construction
Csaba Drótos	....	construction

Sound Department
Ferenc Háber	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brigitta Kajdácsi	....	dialog editor
Gábor Sipos	....	sound recordist
István Sipos	....	sound

Stunts
György Kivés	....	stunt coordinator
Levente Lezsák	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
István Bezdán	....	lighting technician
Gergely Csepregi	....	camera operator
István Decsi	....	camera operator
József Dene	....	camera operator
Anna Faur	....	second assistant camera
Márk Györi	....	second assistant camera
Zoltán Kovács	....	Steadicam operator
Elõd Kürtös	....	gaffer
László Kürtös	....	lighting technician
Sándor Marekker	....	lighting technician (as Marekkel Sándor)
Goran Mecava	....	Steadicam operator
Zoran Mikincic	....	Steadicam operator (as Zoran Mikncic Budin)
Tibor Oláh	....	camera operator
Balázs Révész	....	Steadicam operator
István Szaladják	....	second assistant camera
Álmos Szirti	....	lighting technician
Judit Szlovák	....	still photographer
Mihály Szula	....	lighting technician
András Gábor Szöke	....	camera operator
János Tóth	....	dolly grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bea Merkovits	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Gyöngyi Féjja	....	negative cutter

Other crew
Edit Acsai	....	associate
Balázs Ari	....	associate
Károly Ari	....	associate
Levente Bagossy	....	associate
János Bartos	....	technician
Klára Illés	....	assistant to director
Márton Ivanov	....	production assistant
Veronika Kara	....	assistant to producer
Veronika Kara	....	production accountant
Viktor Oszkar Nagy	....	assistant to director (as Viktor Nagy)
Brigitta Peszleg	....	script supervisor
György Vidovszky	....	assistant to director
Gyula Zsálek	....	technician

Production Companies

• Eurofilm Stúdió

Distributors

• K Films (2005) (France) (theatrical)

Also Known As:

"After the Day Before" - International (English title)
"Meta to hthes" - Greece (festival title)

Runtime:

Hungary:120 min

Country:

Hungary

Language:

Hungarian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Hungary

Company:

Eurofilm Stúdió

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