People of the Mountains (1942)
Synopsis
A simple, religious Hungarian woodcutter lives with his wife and boy child with a small community of squatters among the peaceful mountains of Transylvania until a lumber company claims their land and forces them all to become company workers or else leave the land. This 1942 Hungarian film takes a detailed and unflinching look at the hardships of mountain living, and the realistic approach proved influential to the Neorealist movement in Italian cinema. Hungarian master director Istvan Szots won the Biennale Cup at the Venice Film Festival for his auspicious debut, but the film was banned by the Nazis as "too Catholic" and not publicly exhibited until after World War II.
Release Date: 1942-02-28
Runtime: 88 minutes
Director: István Szőts
Top Cast
- János Görbe as Gergely Csutak
- Alice Szellay as Anna Csutak
- Péterke Ferency as Gergö Csutak, their son
- József Bihari as Márton Üdö , Gergo's godfather
- Lajos Gárday as Ádám Ülkei
- Oszkár Borovszky as manager
- Lenke Egyed as maid
- Imre Toronyi as György Bende, doctor
- György Kürthy as György Bende
- Elemér Baló as woodcutter
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