People of the Mountains | Emberek a havason
People of the MountainsEmberek a havason
Overview
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.
Cast
János Görbe
Alice Szellay
Péterke Ferency
József Bihari
Lajos Gárday
Oszkár Borovszky
Lenke Egyed
Imre Toronyi
György Kürthy
Elemér Baló
János Pásztor
Jenö Danis
Lajos Alszeghy
János Makláry
Endre Turáni C.
László Misoga
Nándor Bihary
Sándor Hidassy
Irma Cserey
Crew
István Szőts
Oszkár Madarász
Ferenc Lohr
Imre Sörés
Ferenc Fekete
Ferenc Farkas
Zoltán Kerényi