Budapest Classic Film Marathon 2024: Somewhere in Europe

Director: Géza Radványi

Screenplay by Béla Balázs, Géza Radványi, Judit Máriássy, Félix Máriássy
Director of photography: Barnabás Hegyi
Music by Dénes Buday
Cast: László Horváth, Artúr Somlay, Miklós Gábor, Zsuzsa Bánki

Programme Section "Somewhere in Europe" /  restauration premiere

Orphaned, starving, feral children roam the bombed streets at the end of the Second World War, stealing and looting. They stumble across a ruined yet well provisioned castle that at first sight appears uninhabited, but it does actually have a resident: Péter Simon (Artúr Somlay), the famous conductor disgusted by life. Gradually, step by step, some sense of fellowship, even friendship evolves between the children and the pure-hearted man. Géza Radványi’s film, sprinkled with humour, paints a stark picture of a Hungary devastated by war.

Supporting film: The Kidnapping of the Sun and the Moon (12)
Hungarian animation, colour, 1968, dir: Sándor Reisenbüchler, No dialogue, 13’

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