People of the Mountains

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

János Görbe

Gergely Csutak

Age : 55 | Popularity : 7%

Alice Szellay

Anna Csutak

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Péterke Ferency

Gergö Csutak, their son

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József Bihari

Márton Üdö , Gergo's godfather

Age : 80 | Popularity : 11%

Lajos Gárday

Ádám Ülkei

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Oszkár Borovszky

manager

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Lenke Egyed

maid

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Imre Toronyi

György Bende, doctor

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	István Szőts
Writing	Writer	István Szőts
Production	Producer	Oszkár Madarász
Sound	Music	Ferenc Farkas
	Sound	Ferenc Lohr
Camera	Director of Photography	Ferenc Fekete
Editing	Editor	Zoltán Kerényi
Art	Production Design	Imre Sörés
Department	Role	Name

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