Romeo and Juliet romance on great Lake Balaton, where rival families each control half the fishing rights.When the girl is suspected of being with the wrong boy, she is set on a boat in a storm to be judged in a trial of survival.
If you have seventy minutes to spare and want to see some incredibly wet Hungarian drama from 1933, Ítél a Balaton is absolutely worth your time.You will love it if you dig gorgeous, old-school melodrama where nature does most of the talking, but if you need crisp dialogue and fast plots, you will probably turn this of...
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Pál Fejös
Pál Fejös
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"If you have seventy minutes to spare and want to see some incredibly wet Hungarian drama from 1933, Ítél a Balaton is absolutely worth your time.You will love it if you dig gorgeous, old-school melodrama where nature does most of the talking, but if you need crisp dialogue and fast plots, you will probably turn this off in ten minutes. 🌊The setup is basically Romeo and Juliet, but with a lot more fish.Two families are fighting over who gets to fish in which part of Lake Balaton, which seems lik..."
János Körmendy
Serge Plaute, István Mihály, Pál Fejös
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