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It Happened in Europe is a hongrois film of genre Drama directed by Géza von Radványi released in USA on 3 october 1949 with Miklós Gábor
It Happened in Europe (1948)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 3 october 1949
Length 1h44
Directed by Géza von Radványi
OriginHongrie
Genres Drama
Rating75%
Somewhere in Europe (Hungarian: Valahol Európában) is a 1948 Hungarian drama film directed by Géza von Radványi. It depicts the aftermath of World War II and specifically the lives of a gang of orphaned children in a postwar setting. The gang of children steal, cheat, and pillage due largely to the harsh circumstances and the world around them. The film has been compared to Italian neorealism.
^ SUNY Cortland
^ Mira Liehm; Antonín J. Liehm (1977). The Most Important Art: Eastern European Film After 1945. University of California Press. pp. 146–. ISBN 978-0-520-03157-9.
Synopsis
1944. Quelque part au bord du Danube. Des enfants, victimes de drames terribles, surgissent d'un peu partout. Ils maraudent pour vivre et mènent une existence à moitié sauvage, craignant autant leurs semblables que les adultes... Ils forment, petit à petit, une bande de "pillards" régie par la loi du plus fort. Les paysans les chassent à coup de fusil, les forces de l'ordre essayent de les maîtriser. Afin de leur échapper, la bande de gosses finit par se réfugier dans un château habité par un chef d'orchestre retranché du monde... D'abord malmené, le musicien parviendra à gagner leur confiance.Actors
Miklós Gábor
(Hosszú)
György Bárdy
(Police Commissioner)
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