The Soil Under Your Feet
7.4
“Treasured Earth”
In 1905 Hungary, a young village woman has just undergone a marriage to the spoiled son of a man to whom her father is indebted, in order that the debt be cancelled, only to be spirited away by her true love, a young peasant, by whom she soon becomes pregnant. Together they attempt to find a way to buy up her father's debt and also pay for a divorce from her husband, against various odds.
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Ádám Szirtes
Joseph "Joska" Goz
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Ági Mészáros
Marika Juhos
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Jani Tarcali
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Árpád Lehotay
Zsíros Tóth Mihály
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Mariska Vízváry
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András Szilasi
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Viola Orbán
Mother Goz
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Beno Tamas
Father Juhos
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János Görbe
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Ferike Vidor
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Frigyes Bán Director · Sándor Dallos Screenplay Pál Szabó Author
First release December 23, 1948 · Produced in Hungary · Production Hungarian Filmproduction
Production
Magyar Filmgyártó Nemzeti Vállalat
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Hungarian Filmproduction
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Hungary
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Original title
Talpalatnyi föld
Original language
Hungarian
Spoken on screen
Hungarian
Release dates
Hungary · December 23, 1948
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
October 24, 1949 · Theatrical · Субтитры - к/ст им. Горького, 1949 г.
XC
September 30, 1949 · Theatrical
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