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The House Under the Rocks (1959)

The House Under the Rocks poster
Original title
Ház a sziklák alatt
Directed by
Károly Makk
Genre
drama film
Country
Hungary
Runtime
1h 41m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family struggles with poverty and isolation in a remote stone house. Tensions rise as their secrets and resentments come to the surface.

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What happens

The House Under the Rocks (Hungarian: Ház a sziklák alatt) is a 1958 Hungarian drama film directed by Károly Makk and György Hintsch and starring János Görbe, Irén Psota and Margit Bara. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director László Duba. It premiered at the 1958 Venice Film Festival before being released in Hungary the following year. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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