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.
Director
IstvΓ‘n SzΕts
Status
Released
Original Language
HU
People of the Mountains
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Cast
JΓ‘nos GΓΆrbe
Gergely Csutak
Alice Szellay
Anna Csutak
PΓ©terke Ferency
GergΓΆ Csutak, their son
JΓ³zsef Bihari
MΓ‘rton ΓdΓΆ , Gergo's godfather
Lajos GΓ‘rday
ΓdΓ‘m Γlkei
OszkΓ‘r Borovszky
manager
Lenke Egyed
maid
Imre Toronyi
GyΓΆrgy Bende, doctor
GyΓΆrgy KΓΌrthy
GyΓΆrgy Bende
ElemΓ©r BalΓ³
woodcutter
JΓ‘nos PΓ‘sztor
woodcutter
JenΓΆ Danis
woodcutter