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    Prophet of the Fields

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    Prophet of the Fields
    Directed byFrigyes Bán
    Written byFrigyes Bán
    Based onProphet of the Fields by Áron Tamási
    Produced byBéla Lévay
    StarringEva Bartok
    Árpád Lehotay
    Gyula Benkö
    CinematographyÁrpád Makay
    Edited byMihály Morell
    Music byViktor Vaszy
    Production
    company
    Sarló Film
    Release date
    • 1947 (1947)
    Running time
    		84 minutes
    CountryHungary
    LanguageHungarian

    Prophet of the Fields (Hungarian: Mezei próféta) is a 1947 Hungarian drama film directed by Frigyes Bán and starring Eva Bartok, Árpád Lehotay and Gyula Benkö.[1] It was made with the backing of the National Peasant Party and based on a populist novel by Áron Tamási.[2] It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest.

    Cast

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    • Eva Bartok as Boróka
    • Árpád Lehotay as Butyka Lázár
    • Gyula Benkö as Erõss Gábor
    • József Bihari as Nikita szomszéd
    • László Bánhidi as A zarándok
    • Sándor Tompa as A bíró
    • Ferenc Táray as Ambrus bácsi
    • István Lontay
    • János Maár
    • László Misoga
    • József Pataky

    References

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    1. ^ Cunningham p.64
    2. ^ Liehm & p.149 Liehm

    Bibliography

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    • Cunningham, John. Hungarian Cinema: From Coffee House to Multiplex. Wallflower Press, 2004.
    • Liehm, Mira & Liehm, Antonín J. The Most Important Art: Soviet and Eastern European Film After 1945. University of California Press, 1980.
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