Prophet of the Fields

1947 film

Prophet of the Fields

Directed by| Frigyes Bán
Written by| Frigyes Bán
Based on| Prophet of the Fields by Áron Tamási
Produced by| Béla Lévay
Starring| Eva Bartok
Árpád Lehotay
Gyula Benkö
Cinematography| Árpád Makay
Edited by| Mihály Morell
Music by| Viktor Vaszy

Production
company

Sarló Film

Release date

* 1947 (1947)

Running time

| 84 minutes
Country| Hungary
Language| Hungarian

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.

## External links

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* Prophet of the Fields at IMDb

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Films directed by Frigyes Bán

* Matthew Arranges Things (1940)
* The Unquiet Night (1940)
* Háry János (1941)
* One Night in Transylvania (1941)
* Cadet Love (1942)
* Guard House Number 5 (1942)
* The Last Song (1942)
* Disillusion (1943)
* The Night Girl (1943)
* Quite a Lad (1943)
* The Night Serenade (1943)
* The Three Doves (1944)
* Prophet of the Fields (1947)
* Treasured Earth (1948)
* The Land Is Ours (1951)
* Baptism of Fire (1952)
* Semmelweis (1952)
* The First Swallows (1953)
* Rakoczy's Lieutenant (1954)
* By Order of the Emperor (1957)
* Spiral Staircase (1957)
* St. Peter's Umbrella (1958)
* A Quiet Home (1958)
* The Poor Rich (1959)
* A Husband for Susy (1960)
* Sunshine on the Ice (1961)
* I'll Go to the Minister (1962)
* The Moneymaker (1964)
* Car Crazy (1965)
* The Healing Water (1967)

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