''The Frozen Child'' (Hungarian:''A Megfagyott gyermek'') is a 1921 Hungarian silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Béla Balogh Béla Balogh (1 January 1885 in Székesfehérvár – 30 March 1945 in Budapest) was a Hungarian film director, one of the most prominent of the early 20th century. He was prominent in both silent and voiced productions, and is most known ...

and starring

Mária Szepes Mária Szepes (; 14 December 1908 – 3 September 2007) was a Hungarian author. She worked as a journalist and screenwriter, as well as an independent author in the field of hermetic philosophy since 1941. She would sometimes write under the ...

Ferenc Szécsi Ferenc Szécsi (11 July 1913 – 1 March 1974) was a Hungarian stage and film actor with one directing credit at the end of a long career. In 1916, at the age of three and credited as Szécsi Ferkó, he appeared in the film ''Elnémult harangok' ...

, Anna Breznay and Viktor Galánthay. It is one of the few surviving Hungarian films of the early 1920s. It was unusual for its depiction of poverty in Hungary at a time when this was discouraged or censored by the authorities.Cunningham p.28

Cast

- Terike *

- Lacika * Anna Breznay - Házmesterné * Mór Ditrói - Pap * Viktor Galánthay - Nagy Jóska * Rezsö Inke - Barabás, Terike apja * Ilona Linke - Kovácsné, Lacika anyja * Imre Pintér - Vincze bácsi

References

Bibliography

* Cunningham, John. ''Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex''. Wallflower Press, 2004.

External links

* 1921 films Hungarian silent feature films Hungarian drama films Hungarian-language films Films directed by Béla Balogh Films set in Hungary Hungarian black-and-white films 1921 drama films Silent drama films {{Hungary-film-stub