Talpuk alatt fütyül a szél

Aug 26 1976 N/A 1h 30m
Drama, Western

György Szomjas’s first feature—made after a decade of short documentaries—is a bold attempt at a goulash western, set on the puszta, or Great Hungarian Plain, in 1837. Mixing Miklós Jancsó imagery and a Sergio Leone narrative, this ballad-like saga opens with image of a lone horseman on the empty plain, riding past a rude gallows. The film concerns the vengeful return of a legendary betyár (outlaw), briefly a hero to the local herdsmen who oppose the state building a canal across their grazing land. Although Szomjas works from ethnographic records and archival material, it is hardly surprising that this violent, primitivist film would be more popular with Hungarian audiences than critics. Replete with young guns, crooked sheriffs, tavern brawlers and hardbitten plug-uglies, this widescreen film is strikingly shot by Elémer Ragályi (cinematographer for most of Gyula Gazdag’s films)—a feast of loamy, autumnal colors.

Plot

Gyurka Farkos Csapó escapes from prison and returns to the steppe to find those who betrayed him.

Written by

György Szomjas, Sándor Szûcs, Péter Zimre

Directed by

György Szomjas

Cast

Ferenc Bessenyei, Djoko Rosic, István Bujtor

Crew

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Production Countries

Hungary

Production Companies

MAFILM Hunnia Stúdió

Languages

Magyar

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
404
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA