Csongor Kassai
Birthday: 1972-08-24 Place of Birth: Kráľovský Chlmec, Československo
Synopsis
Csongor Kassai is a Slovak actor of Hungarian origin, member of the Radošino Naive Theatre. In the Czech Republic, he is best known for his role as the Jewish David Wiener in Jan Hřebejk's film Divided We Fall (2000), and he played the character of Lucifer in the Czech fairy tale film The Devil Knows Why (2003). Description above from the Wikipedia article Csongor Kassai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting
Let There Be Light
Milan, a Slovak working in Germany as a bricklayer, returns home to celebrate Christmas with his wife and three children, one of whom appears to be involved in suspicious activities related to an extremist organization.
The Teacher
The principal of an elementary school calls a special parents meeting after it’s alleged that the seemingly empathetic and kindly-looking teacher Mrs. Drazděchová uses her students to manipulate their parents.
Divided We Fall
In 1943, a childless couple, the Čížeks, decide to hide a Jewish refugee, David Wiener, the son of Čížek's former employer, in the secret pantry of their apartment. Čížek is aware of the danger into which he has brought his household and his neighbours, but he takes helping his fellow man in need for granted. But at the same time, as a largely unheroic hero, he is dying of fear. His personal situation is greatly complicated by the approaching end of the war, when he faces danger from both the Germans and his "honest" fellow Czechs...
