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Silent Bells (1916)
Directed by Márton Garas
Drama · 52m
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.
Cast
Béla Balogh
Crew
- Director
- Márton Garas
- Screenplay
- Márton Garas
- Novel
- Viktor Rákosi
- Director of Photography
- Béla Zsitkovszky
Details
- Original title
- Elnémult harangok
- Release date
- 1916-07-09
- Runtime
- 52m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- HU
- Spoken languages
- No Language
- Countries
- Hungary