The New Landlord
Watch the new landlord lookmovie. Az Uj Foldesur (The New Squire) was based on a novel by popular Hungarian author Maurice Jokal, whose many works had previously been largely ignored. After the wars of 1848, a retired Austrian army officer "returns to the soil" as a gentleman farmer in Hungary in the 1850s. The old campaigner is the father of two daughters: One of the girls comes to a sad end thanks to the malfeasances of a handsome spy, but the other has a happier fate when she falls in love with a Hungarian POW. The underlying theme is brotherhood, as the formerly warring Austrians and Hungarians at last find a common ground. Az Uj Foldesur was nearly twice as expensive as the average Hungarian film -- but at $40,000, its budget was a drop in the bucket compared to a typical Hollywood production.
- Genre: Romance, Drama
- Country: Hungary
- Director: Béla Gaál
- Cast: Artúr Somlay, Mária Egry, Zita Gordon, Gyula Csortos, Pál Jávor, Kálmán Rózsahegyi, Mária Lázár, Tivadar Uray, Piri Peéry, Gerő Mály, Gerő Mály, Zoltán Makláry
