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It Happened in Europe (Valahol Európában)

German title: Irgendwo in Europa
Francaise title: Quelque part en Europe
Greek title: Καπου στην Εβροπη
Russian title: Где-то в Европе
Original title: Valahol Európában

Alternative titles:
Somewhere in Europe / Kapou stin Evropi

War drama – Hungary
Production year: 1947
Movie length: 105 minutes

Director: Géza von Radványi
Writer: Géza von Radványi, Béla Balázs, Judit Fejér, Félix Máriássy
Cinematograph: Barnabás Hegyi
Music: Dénes Buday

Movie description:

A band of runaways and orphans of the war scour the countryside in search of food and shelter. They invade and then taken in by a musician and former concert pianist who’s hiding out in a ruined castle. After the initial altercation between them the gang accepts his guidance and he wins their respect by protecting them from the elements. However, disgruntled townsfolk want to chase away the gang who has been – in their search for survival – laying waste to their crops. A battle ensues ending in the death of Kuksi – and resolution.

At the end of the World War II, hungry, homeless children are to be found roving aimlessly on the roads of Eastern-Europe. These kids, starving and abandoned, often stick together and become members of the same hoard. A group led by Hosszú, chances upon Péter Simon, a conductor, who, secluded from the raging war among the rumbles of a castle, is awaiting the advent of peace. The children and the old pure minded man gradually become friends. They join forces in defending the castle against a group of the village people set against them. One child is, however, killed, but they are successful in freeing their mates held in detention. The composer obtains an official paper from the new, democratic government, a written declaration that from now onwards the castle is regarded as the home of the little tramps...

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