15 Jun 1950
Prelude to Glory
Roberto, a 10-year-old boy, is drawn to music. An old organist discovers his gifts, and begins his musical education which will lead him to the head of an orchestra.
The Soil Under Your Feet
Treasured Earth
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.
Top Billed Cast
Ádám Szirtes Joseph "Joska" Goz
Ági Mészáros Marika Juhos
Tibor Molnár Jani Tarcali
Árpád Lehotay Zsíros Tóth Mihály
Mariska Vízváry Zsíros néni
István Egri Zsíros Tóth Ferke
László Bánhidi András Szilasi
Viola Orbán Mother Goz
Beno Tamas Father Juhos
János Görbe Ferike Vidor Juhos néni
Zoltán Makláry Imre Hegyi
Teri Horváth 
Sándor Pécsi 
Imre Soós
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