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The Frozen Child

1921 · 42 min

A stark, sorrowful silent film that immerses you in the bleak hardship of abandoned children, leaving a lingering ache.

Directed by: Béla Balogh
Genres: Drama
Starring: Mária Szepes, Ferenc Szécsi, Anna Breznay

Overview: An unusual perspective on poverty-stricken, working-class life in Budapest through the sufferings endured by two abandoned children.

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Directed by: Béla Balogh
Genres: Drama
Starring: Mária Szepes, Ferenc Szécsi, Anna Breznay

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
survival
isolation
family
class
Places: big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	0
Realism	8
Romance	0
Tension	5
Darkness	8
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Béla Balogh
Written by: Ede Sas
Starring: Mária Szepes, Ferenc Szécsi, Anna Breznay, Mór Ditrói, Viktor Galánthay, Rezsö Inke, Ilona Linke, Imre Pintér
Cinematography: Miksa Ádler
Runtime: 42 min
Country: Hungary
Languages: No Language

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