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In the Language of Cowbells / Straw Coffin (2015)
Directed by Dezső Zsigmond
Documentary · 26m
The fields of Eastern Hungary were once grazed by large herds of cows. However, the chime of cowbells turned into the sound of funeral bells, as these large herds disappeared from small villages. Bálint Balla, one of the last of the local cow farmers, bid farewell to his herd then made a coffin for himself out of rushes and willow branches.
Crew
- Director
- Dezső Zsigmond
- Writer
- Dezső Zsigmond
- Director of Photography
- Zoltán Lovasi, Sándor Mohi, Tibor Bucsek
Details
- Original title
- Kolompok nyelvén - Gyékénykoporsó
- Release date
- 2015-11-05
- Runtime
- 26m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- HU
- Spoken languages
- Hungarian
- Countries
- Hungary