People of the Mountains

A simple, religious Hungarian woodcutter lives with his wife and boy child with a small community of squatters among the peaceful mountains of Transylvania until a lumber company claims their land and forces them all to become company workers or else leave the land. This 1942 Hungarian film takes a detailed and unflinching look at the hardships of mountain living, and the realistic approach proved influential to the Neorealist movement in Italian cinema. Hungarian master director Istvan Szots won the Biennale Cup at the Venice Film Festival for his auspicious debut, but the film was banned by the Nazis as "too Catholic" and not publicly exhibited until after World War II.

Cast

János Görbe Gergely Csutak Alice Szellay Anna Csutak

Péterke Ferency Gergö Csutak, their son

József Bihari Márton Üdö , Gergo's godfather Lajos Gárday Ádám Ülkei

Oszkár Borovszky manager

Lenke Egyed maid Imre Toronyi György Bende, doctor György Kürthy György Bende Elemér Baló woodcutter János Pásztor woodcutter Jenö Danis woodcutter

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