''The House Under the Rocks'' (Hungarian: ''Ház a sziklák alatt'') is a 1958 Hungarian

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directed by

Károly Makk Károly Makk (December 22, 1925 – August 30, 2017) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Five of his films were nominated for the ''Palme d'Or'' at the Cannes Film Festival; however, he won lesser awards at Cannes and elsewhere. He w ...

and György Hintsch and starring

János Görbe János Görbe born as Görbe János (November 12, 1912, Jászárokszállás - September 5, 1968, Budapest) was a prominent Hungarian actor of film and theater. He was the father of actress Nóra Görbe, star of the popular 80's TV series, "Lin ...

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and Margit Bara. Burns p.213 It was shot at the

Hunnia Studios Hunnia Film Studio was the largest and most significant sound film studio in Hungary until its nationalization in 1948. Its predecessor, Corvin Film Studio, founded by Alexander Korda in 1917, was the most important Hungarian silent film compa ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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László Duba. It premiered at the 1958 Venice Film Festival before being released in Hungary the following year.

Cast

as Kós Ferenc *

as Tera * Margit Bara as Zsuzsa *

József Bihari József Bihari (1901–1981) was a Hungary, Hungarian actor. Selected filmography * ''St. Peter's Umbrella (1935 film), St. Peter's Umbrella'' (1935) * ''My Daughter Is Different'' (1937) * ''All Men Are Crazy'' (1937) * ''The Golden Man (film ...

as öreg Kós *

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as Sógor *

Ádám Szirtes Ádám Szirtes (born Ádám Szvitek February 10, 1925 – July 27, 1989) was a Hungarian actor. Selected filmography * '' Treasured Earth'' (1948) * ''The Marriage of Katalin Kis'' (1950) * '' The Land Is Ours'' (1951) * '' Battle in Peace'' ...

as Sándor * Sándor Deák as Füredi * Viola Orbán as az öreg Kós felesége *

György Bárdy György Bárdy (26 May 1921 – 27 May 2013) was a Hungarian film and television actor. Selected filmography * '' Somewhere in Europe'' (1948) * '' The Land Is Ours'' (1951) * '' West Zone'' (1952) * '' Leila and Gábor'' (1956) * '' Adventur ...

as Erdész *

Erzsi Máthé Erzsi Máthé (born Erzsébet Mertz; 16 May 1927 – 8 May 2023) was a Hungarian stage, film and television actress. Life and career Born in Budafok into a family of Swabian origins, Máthé made her acting debut in 1945 in a local amateur ...

as árus a kompon * Mária Rákosi as Részeg nõ * Sándor Siménfalvy as Paraszt *

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as Sógorné * Irma Vass as Bori néni

References

Bibliography

* Burns, Bryan. ''World Cinema: Hungary''. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1996. * Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. ''The Most Important Art: Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945''. University of California Press, 1980. * Rîpeanu, Bujor. (ed.) ''International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Hungary (from the beginnings to 1988)''. Saur, 1981.

External links

* 1958 films 1950s Hungarian-language films 1958 drama films Hungarian drama films Hungarian black-and-white films Films shot at Hunnia Studios Films directed by Károly Makk Films scored by István Sárközy {{1950s-Hungary-film-stub