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People of the Mountains (1942)

People of the Mountains (1942)

Drama
Release Date: 1942, February 28
Directors: István Szőts
Countries: Hungary
Production: Hunnia Filmstúdió, Hunnia Filmstúdió
Cast: József Bihari, János Pásztor, János Görbe, János Makláry, László Misoga, Lajos Gárday, Irma Cserey, Elemér Baló, Alice Szellay, Jenö Danis, Sándor Hidassy, Lajos Alszeghy

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.