Treasured Earth

1948 film

23 December 1948 (1948-12-23)

Running time

97 minutesCountryHungaryLanguageHungarian

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Cast

Ági Mészáros as Marika Juhos
Ádám Szirtes as Jóska Góz
Tibor Molnár as Jani Tarcali
Árpád Lehotay as Mihály Zsíros Tóth
Mariska Vízváry as aunt Zsíros
István Egri as Ferke Zsíros Tóth
László Bánhidi as András Szilasi

References

^ Cunningham p.62
^ Ujhelyi, Szilárd (1968). Karcsai Kulcsár, István (ed.). A BUDAPESTI 12. Filmbarátok Kiskönyvtára. Budapest: Magyar Filmtudományi Intézet és Filmarchívum.

Bibliography

Buranbaeva, Oksana & Mladineo, Vanja. Culture and Customs of Hungary. ABC-CLIO, 2011.
Cunningham, John. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex. Wallflower Press, 2004.