People of the Mountains
Directed by István Szőts
Plot
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.
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Cast
János Görbe
Gergely Csutak
Alice Szellay
Anna Csutak
Péterke Ferency
Gergö Csutak, their son
József Bihari
Márton Üdö , Gergo's godfather
Lajos Gárday
Ádám Ülkei
Oszkár Borovszky
manager
Lenke Egyed
maid
Imre Toronyi
György Bende, doctor
György Kürthy
György Bende
Elemér Baló
woodcutter
János Pásztor
woodcutter
Jenö Danis
woodcutter
Lajos Alszeghy
Court Clerk
János Makláry
guide
Endre C. Turáni
passenger