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Landslide (1940)

Landslide poster
Original title
Földindulás
Directed by
Arzén von Cserépy
Genre
drama film
Country
Hungary
Runtime
1h 32m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A love story set in rural Hungary that also promotes the country's far-right government policies. It follows characters navigating personal relationships while supporting nationalist ideals. The film is based on a play by János Kodolányi.

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What happens

Landslide (Hungarian: Földindulás) is a 1940 Hungarian drama film directed by Arzén von Cserépy and starring Antal Páger, Olga Eszenyi and Ferenc Kiss. Although ostensibly a romance film, it contained significant amounts of propaganda supportive of the policies of Hungary's far-right government. It was based on a play by János Kodolányi. The screenplay was written by Gyorgy Patkós. The film offered János Görbe the role that would allow his breakthrough. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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