Treasured Earth

Treasured Earth (Hungarian: Talpalatnyi föld) is a 1948 Hungarian drama film directed by Frigyes Bán and starring Ági Mészáros, Ádám Szirtes and Tibor Molnár. It is based on a novel by Pál Szabó. It is also known by the alternative title The Soil Under Your Feet. István Szőts was originalled intended to be the director, but the film was taken away from him after his Song of the Cornfields was criticised by the country's Communist leadership.^[1] It was followed by a sequel The Land Is Ours in 1951. The film was chosen to be part of the Budapest Twelve, a list of Hungarian films considered the best in 1968.^[2]

Treasured Earth
Talpalatnyi föld
Directed by	Frigyes Bán
Screenplay by	Pál Szabó Sándor Dallos
Based on	Talpalatnyi föld by Pál Szabó
Produced by	Jenő Katona
Starring	Ági Mészáros Ádám Szirtes Tibor Molnár László Bánhidi
Cinematography	Árpád Makay
Edited by	Félix Máriássy
Music by	Sándor Veress
Production company	Magyar Filmgyártó Nemzeti Vállalat
Release date	23 December 1948 (1948-12-23)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

Cast

• Ági Mészáros as Marika Juhos
• Ádám Szirtes as Jóska Góz
• Tibor Molnár as Jani Tarcali
• Árpád Lehotay as Mihály Zsíros Tóth
• Mariska Vízváry as aunt Zsíros
• István Egri as Ferke Zsíros Tóth
• László Bánhidi as András Szilasi