People of the Mountains

The story

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 & crew

János GörbeGergely Csutak

Alice SzellayAnna Csutak

Péterke Ferency

Péterke FerencyGergö Csutak, their son

József BihariMárton Üdö , Gergo's godfather

Lajos Gárday

Lajos GárdayÁdám Ülkei

Oszkár Borovszky

Oszkár Borovszkymanager

Lenke Egyed

Lenke Egyedmaid

Imre Toronyi

Imre ToronyiGyörgy Bende, doctor

György Kürthy

György KürthyGyörgy Bende

Elemér Baló

Elemér Balówoodcutter

János Pásztor

János Pásztorwoodcutter

Jenö Danis

Jenö Daniswoodcutter