1942 Hungarian drama film
People of the Mountains Emberek a havason drama film directed by István Szőts and starring Alice Szellay , János Görbe , Péterke Ferency . The film is set in the Székely woodcutting community of Transylvania . The film's plot was based on a series of short stories by József Nyírő . The film was exhibited at the 1942 Venice Film Festival , where it was widely praised.[ 1] Italian neorealism .[ 2] Nazi Germany because Joseph Goebbels considered it "too Catholic".[ 3] New Budapest Twelve , a list of Hungarian films considered the best in 2000.[ 4]
Production
The film was shot on location in Northern Transylvania , which had been ceded back to the Kingdom of Hungary by the Kingdom of Romania according to the Second Vienna Award in 1940, before Hungary and Romania entered the Second World War . Interior scenes were filmed at the Hunnia Film Studio in Budapest . The film was originally conceived as a short film , but the studios' bosses agreed to make it a feature film as long as costs could be kept low. Szőts had a relatively small film crew, and cast largely unknown actors in the leading roles.[ 5]
Cast
References
^ Cunningham p.53
^ Cunningham p.56
^ Cunningham p.57
^ "Új Budapesti Tizenkettő" . Filmvilág . XLIII (3): 2. March 2000.^ Cunningham p.53-54
^ MaNDA's file : "Emberek a havason" . Informations (in Hungarian). Magyar Nemzeti Digitális Archívum és Filmintézet (MaNDA). 2012. Archived from the original on 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2018-10-06 .
Bibliography
Cunningham, John. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex . Wallflower Press, 2004.
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