
The Soil Under Your Feet
1948-12-23 · 97 min · ★ 6.3
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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- Directors
- Frigyes Bán
- Production companies
- Magyar Filmgyártó Nemzeti Vállalat, Hungarian Filmproduction
- Countries
- Hungary
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Ádám SzirtesJoseph "Joska" Goz
Ági MészárosMarika Juhos
Tibor MolnárJani Tarcali
Árpád LehotayZsíros Tóth Mihály
Mariska VízváryZsíros néni
István EgriZsíros Tóth Ferke
László BánhidiAndrás Szilasi
Viola OrbánMother Goz
Beno TamasFather Juhos
János Görbe
Zoltán MakláryImre Hegyi
Teri Horváth
Sándor Pécsi
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