''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 wa ...

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, "Li ...

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and

Margit Bara Margit Bara (21 June 1928 – 25 October 2016) was a Hungarian film actress. She appeared in 25 films between 1956 and 1975. She retired from acting in 1977 and later in 1992 received the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary and in 200 ...

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

Cast

as Kós Ferenc *

as Tera *

as Zsuzsa *

József Bihari József Bihari (1901–1981) was a Hungarian actor. Selected filmography * '' St. Peter's Umbrella'' (1935) * '' My Daughter Is Different'' (1937) * '' All Men Are Crazy'' (1937) * '' The Golden Man'' (1936) * '' The Village Rogue'' (1938) * ' ...

as öreg Kós *

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as Sógor * Ádám Szirtes as Sándor * Sándor Deák as Füredi *

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as az öreg Kós felesége * György Bárdy as Erdész *

Erzsi Máthé Erzsi Máthé (born Erzsi 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 thea ...

as árus a kompon * Mária Rákosi as Részeg nõ *

Sándor Siménfalvy Sándor is a Hungarian given name and surname. It is the Hungarian form of Alexander. It may refer to: People Given name * Sándor Apponyi (1844–1925) was a Hungarian diplomat, bibliophile, bibliographer and great book collector *Sándor Bo ...

as Paraszt * Mária Sívó 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 {{Hungary-film-stub