The Soil Under Your Feet (1947)
1h 37m
Running Time
August 13, 1947Release Date
The Soil Under Your Feet (1947)
1h 37m
Running Time
August 13, 1947Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Ági Mészáros
Juhos Marika
Tibor Molnár
Jani Tarcali
Ádám Szirtes
Góz Jóska
Árpád Lehotay
Zsíros Tóth Mihály
Viola Orbán
Öreg Gózné
Mariska Vízváry
Zsíros néni
Ferike Vidor
Juhos néni
István Egri
Zsíros Tóth Ferke
Frigyes Bán
Director
László Bánhidi
András Szilasi
Sándor Dallos
Writer
Pál Szabó
Writer
Jenõ Katona
Producer
Beno Tamas
Father Juhos
Sándor Veress
Composer
Árpád Makay
Cinematographer
Zoltán Makláry
Imre Hegyi
Félix Máriássy
Editor
József Pán
Production Design
Ferenc Hont
Art Direction
Lili Surányi
Costume Design
Mara Luttor
Script Supervisor
Mária Klár
Assistant Editor
Gyula Rónay
Sound
Details.
Wiki.
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. The film was chosen to be part of the Budapest Twelve, a list of Hungarian films considered the best in 1968.