Treasured Earth (1948)

Original title

Talpalatnyi föld

Directed by

Frigyes Bán

Genre

drama film

Country

Hungary

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family fights to keep their small plot of farmland in post-war Hungary. The story follows their struggle against pressures from the authorities and from other people who want their land.

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What happens

Treasured Earth (Hungarian: Talpalatnyi föld) is a 1948 Hungarian drama film directed by Frigyes Bán and starring Ági Mészáros, Ádám Szirtes and Tibor Molnár. It is based on a novel by Pál Szabó. It is also known by the alternative title The Soil Under Your Feet. István Szőts was originalled intended to be the director, but the film was taken away from him after his Song of the Cornfields was criticised by the country's Communist leadership. It was followed by a sequel The Land Is Ours in 1951. The film was chosen to be part of the Budapest Twelve, a list of Hungarian films considered the best in 1968. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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