Landslide (1940 film)

Landslide
Directed by	Arzén von Cserépy
Written by	János Kodolányi (play) György Patkós
Starring	Antal Páger Olga Eszenyi Ferenc Kiss Marcsa Simon
Cinematography	István Eiben
Edited by	László Cserépy
Music by	Dénes Tóth
Production company	Népfilm
Release date	28 January 1940 (1940-01-28)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

Landslide (Hungarian: Földindulás) is a 1940 Hungarian drama film directed by Arzén von Cserépy and starring Antal Páger, Olga Eszenyi and Ferenc Kiss. Although ostensibly a romance film, it contained significant amounts of propaganda supportive of the policies of Hungary's far-right government.^[1] It was based on a play by János Kodolányi.

Cast

• Antal Páger as Kántor János
• Olga Eszenyi as Julis, Kántor felesége
• Ferenc Kiss as Böbek Samu
• Marcsa Simon as Böbekné
• Mária Keresztessy as Jehovás Zsófi
• Tivadar Bilicsi as Weintraub
• Zoltán Hosszú as Szektás Samu
• Paula Bacsányi as Piókás szüle
• Lenke Egyed as Mari néni
• János Görbe as Szektás prédikátor
• Ilona Kiszely as Kristóf Márika
• Lajos Boray as Orvos
• Irma Vass as Szektás Samu felesége
• Lajos Gárday as Péter, halász
• Ferenc Hoykó as Plébános
• Miklós Sármássy as Falusi ember
• Béla Tompa as Falusi ember
• Jenö Danis as Falusi ember
• Aladár Szilágyi as Falusi ember
• Rezsõ Acsay as Falusi ember
• Aranka Gazdy as Falusi nõ
• Terus Kováts as Falusi nõ
• József Pataky as Cigányprímás
• Gyuszi Ungvári as Józsika, Kántorék fia

References

1. Cunningham p.46

Bibliography

• Cunningham, John. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex. Wallflower Press, 2004.

External links

• Landslide at IMDb