Hungarian Film

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 18, 2008
Harrison Kash
(417) 673-1261

 

 

JOPLIN, MO (SNS) - A classic Hungarian film will be shown as part of the 46th Annual International Film Festival at Missouri Southern State University at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 25 in Cornell Auditorium in Plaster Hall.

 

The film is Somewhere in Europe (Valahol Europaban) (Hungary, 1947).

 

This restored masterwork is a pivotal point in the history of both the Hungarian cinema and world cinema. Directed by Geza Radvanyi and co-written by Bela Balazs, it traces a roving band of homeless orphans. Living by their wits and stealing to eat, they take refuge in a bombed-out castle, only to discover it is inhabited by an ageing musician who offers them shelter.

 

Due to its gritty cinematography, on-location shooting and use of actual war orphans in key roles, critics recognize it as an important extension of the influential Italian Neorealist movement.

 

“It is one of the best films of the immediate postwar period,” eminent film critic Georges Sadoul wrote of Somewhere in Europe.

The film is free and open to the public. For details on the film, contact (417) 673-1261.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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