The Soil Under Your Feet

The Soil Under Your Feet

97 mins | Drama | Aug. 13, 1947

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.

The Soil Under Your Feet

97 mins | Drama | Aug. 13, 1947

The Soil Under Your Feet
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Magyar Filmgyártó Nemzeti Vállalat, Hungarian Filmproduction
Original title Talpalatnyi föld
Directors Mara Luttor, Frigyes Bán
Writers Sándor Dallos, Pál Szabó

Cast

Ádám Szirtes

as Joseph "Joska" Goz

Ági Mészáros

as Marika Juhos

Tibor Molnár

as Jani Tarcali

Árpád Lehotay

as Zsíros Tóth Mihály

Mariska Vízváry

as Zsíros néni

István Egri

as Zsíros Tóth Ferke

László Bánhidi

as András Szilasi

Viola Orbán

as Mother Goz

Beno Tamas

as Father Juhos

Ferike Vidor

as Juhos néni

Zoltán Makláry

as Imre Hegyi