The Soil Under Your Feet

Talpalatnyi föld

Treasured Earth

Overview

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.

Production

Magyar Filmgyártó Nemzeti Vállalat, Hungarian Filmproduction