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The Land of Angels

1962 · 99 min

A slow, humane portrait of working-class lives that feels like a ballad, tender and quietly sad.

Directed by
György Révész
Genres
Drama
Starring
Tamás Végvári, Klári Tolnay, Ferenc Zenthe
Overview
The film is a ballad about the dwellers of a block-of-flats in Angyalföld.

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Directed by
György Révész
Genres
Drama
Starring
Tamás Végvári, Klári Tolnay, Ferenc Zenthe
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • bleakstrength 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
  • class
  • family
  • isolation
  • survival
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
György Révész
Written by
Miklós Hubay
Starring
Tamás Végvári, Klári Tolnay, Ferenc Zenthe, Franciska Győry, Lajos Cs. Németh, Tibor Molnár, Erzsi Lengyel, Sándor Kőmíves
Cinematography
Ferenc Szécsényi
Runtime
99 min
Country
Hungary
Languages
Hungarian

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