---
title: 'People of the Mountains (1942)'
type: 'film'
director: 'István Szőts'
released: '1942-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Hungary'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/people-of-the-mountains-1942'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034701/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# People of the Mountains (1942)

1942 · 89 min · Drama · Hungary

Original title: Emberek a havason

## Synopsis

People of the Mountains is a 1942 Hungarian drama film directed by István Szőts and starring Alice Szellay, János Görbe, Péterke Ferency. The film is set in the Székely woodcutting community of Transylvania. The film's plot was based on a series of short stories by József Nyírő. The film was exhibited at the 1942 Venice Film Festival, where it was widely praised. The film's style has been suggested as an influence on the emerging Italian neorealism. It was not granted an exhibition certificate in Nazi Germany because Joseph Goebbels considered it "too Catholic". The film was chosen to be part of the New Budapest Twelve, a list of Hungarian films considered the best in 2000.

## Credits

- **Director:** [István Szőts](https://cinepixo.com/people/istvan-szots)
- **Screenplay:** [István Szőts](https://cinepixo.com/people/istvan-szots), [József Nyirő](https://cinepixo.com/people/jozsef-nyiro)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ferenc Farkas](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferenc-farkas)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ferenc Fekete](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferenc-fekete)
- **Editor:** [Mihály Morell](https://cinepixo.com/people/mihaly-morell), [Zoltán Kerényi](https://cinepixo.com/people/zoltan-kerenyi)

## Cast

- [Oszkár Borovszky](https://cinepixo.com/people/oszkar-borovszky)
- [György Kürthy](https://cinepixo.com/people/gyorgy-kurthy)
- [Alice Szellay](https://cinepixo.com/people/alice-szellay)
- [János Görbe](https://cinepixo.com/people/janos-gorbe)
- [Lajos Gárday](https://cinepixo.com/people/lajos-garday)
- [József Bihari](https://cinepixo.com/people/jozsef-bihari)
- [János Makláry](https://cinepixo.com/people/janos-maklary)

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