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Silent Bells

1916 · 52 min

A quiet, earnest silent drama that unfolds with gentle pacing, blending pastoral warmth with a touch of melancholy.

Directed by
Márton Garas
Genres
Drama
Starring
Gusztáv Vándory, Erzsi Paulay, Gyula Szöreghy
Overview
After his study tour abroad, Simándy Pál, the Protestant pastor, returns to his homeland, Transylvania. In the church of Magyargarabó which lacked a priest for a long time, the bells are ringing again. The young priest devotedly serves his vocation in the village which becomes more and more Romanian. He falls in love with Florica, the daughter of the Orthodox pope. The girl returns his love. In the novel, the lovers are torn apart, as the pope is the paid spy of the Romanian anti-Hungarian League, but the film has a happy ending: Simándy and Florica unite in happiness. The film was originally produced in 1916 and presented in 1922 completed with some film and stage scenes.

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Directed by
Márton Garas
Genres
Drama
Starring
Gusztáv Vándory, Erzsi Paulay, Gyula Szöreghy
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • faith
  • identity
  • family
  • betrayal
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Márton Garas
Written by
Márton Garas
Starring
Gusztáv Vándory, Erzsi Paulay, Gyula Szöreghy, Béla Balogh, Dezsõ Bánóczi, Lajos Bazsay, Etel Kovács, Ferenc Szécsi
Cinematography
Béla Zsitkovszky
Runtime
52 min
Country
Hungary
Languages
No Language

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