The Wind Is Whistling Under Their Feet

Synopsis

György Szomjas’s first feature—made after a decade of short documentaries—is a bold attempt at a goulash western, set on the puszta, or Great Hungarian Plain, in 1837. Mixing Miklós Jancsó imagery and a Sergio Leone narrative, this ballad-like saga opens with image of a lone horseman on the empty plain, riding past a rude gallows. The film concerns the vengeful return of a legendary betyár (outlaw), briefly a hero to the local herdsmen who oppose the state building a canal across their grazing land. Although Szomjas works from ethnographic records and archival material, it is hardly surprising that this violent, primitivist film would be more popular with Hungarian audiences than critics. Replete with young guns, crooked sheriffs, tavern brawlers and hardbitten plug-uglies, this widescreen film is strikingly shot by Elémer Ragályi (cinematographer for most of Gyula Gazdag’s films)—a feast of loamy, autumnal colors.

Main Cast

Djoko Rosic

Farkos Csapó Gyurka

Age : 81 | Popularity : 8%

István Bujtor

Mérges Balázs

Age : 67 | Popularity : 3%

Vladan Holec

Jeles Matyi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

György Cserhalmi

Jeles Matyi hangja

Age : 76 | Popularity : 3%

Irén Bordán

Parti Bözsi

Age : 70 | Popularity : 4%

Reviczky Gábor

Babák Ferkó

Age : 75 | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	Elemér Ragályi
Editing	Editor	Éva Kármentő
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Zsuzsa Vicze
	Makeup Artist	Attila Ungvári
Sound	Original Music Composer	Sebő Ferenc
Directing	Director	György Szomjas
	Assistant Director	János Bozsogi
Writing	Writer	György Szomjas Péter Zimre
Art	Production Design	Lajos Gulyás
	Set Decoration	János Krajcsovics
Production	Production Manager	Lajos Gulyás
Department	Role	Name

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