People of the Mountains (1942)
- Original title
- Emberek a havason
- Directed by
- István Szőts
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Hungary
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A woodcutter in a Transylvanian Székely community struggles to provide for his family. The story follows his daily labor and the harsh realities of mountain life.
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What happens
People of the Mountains (Hungarian: Emberek a havason) is a 1942 Hungarian drama film directed by István Szőts and starring Alice Szellay, János Görbe, Péterke Ferency. The film is set in the Székely woodcutting community of Transylvania. The film's plot was based on a series of short stories by József Nyírő. The film was exhibited at the 1942 Venice Film Festival, where it was widely praised. The film's style has been suggested as an influence on the emerging Italian neorealism. It was not granted an exhibition certificate in Nazi Germany because Joseph Goebbels considered it "too Catholic". The film was chosen to be part of the New Budapest Twelve, a list of Hungarian films considered the best in 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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