Pál Fejős

A Handful of Rice (1940)

The prologue shows a Swedish home, where a family discusses what "a handful of rice" can mean. The action then moves to Thailand and shows the life of a Thai couple, Pó Chai and Mé Ying, and their lives of joy and hardship in the jungle growing rice. ...

Tambora (1938)

Images of work, nature and living in the "Swedish" city Tambora in the East Indies. ...

Fange nr. 1 (1935)

We are in a big city in a country that differs from our own in many ways, among other things in that the people there are so noble and good that the police have no business at all. There are no criminals. The prisons are empty. The poor young man Felix is ...

The Golden Smile (1935)

The celebrated operetta prima donna Elsa Bruun is famous nationwide for her amazing smile. One day she is approached by a shabby man who pushes a script on her. Without wanting to, Elsa becomes deeply involved in the story, which becomes her path to a rene ...

Flugten fra millionerne (1934)

On a dark and gloomy evening, the heirs of the deceased millionaire Jensen-Bosch gather at his old castle to hear his last wishes. The darkness lies close around the old castle, everything portends evil. As long as the family has existed, it has never been ...

Gardez le sourire (1934)

Frühlingsstimmen (1933)

Ray of Sunshine (1933)

Hans, living in Vienna during the Great Depression, intends to drown himself in the river after losing his livelihood. While there he meets a girl named Anna after pulling her from the river. ...

Judgment of Lake Balaton (1933)

The story of balladistic intonation takes place at Lake Balaton, in a fisher village. The love of Kovács Mária and Szabó Mihály is hopeless due to a long animosity between their families. Mária is married by her father to his adopted son Kovács Jani. ...

Marie, légende hongroise (1933)

First Love (1932)

Simultaneously filmed Romanian language version of Marie, Legende Hongroise: a peasant girl is cast out of her society after a man,who really loves the daughter of her employer, gets her pregnant. ...

Spring Shower (1932)

It tells the story of Marie, an austerely beautiful young peasant girl played by the French star, Annabella. She is seduced beneath a flowering tree by the admirer of one of the daughters of the prosperous family for whom she works, becomes pregnant and is ...

Fantômas (1932)

The Marquise de Langrune invites her friends at her castle in Beaulieu. Among them is Lord Beltham who also came to bring her a significant sum of money. The mysterious Fantômas kills the Marquise during the night. Inspector Juve is sent on his trail. ...

American Love (1931)

A young American lady has certain prejudices against the people in France, but comes there to find a lover.She causes nothing but trouble. ...

La Chienne (1931)

Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to the wretched Adele. By chance, he meets Lucienne, 'Lulu', and makes her his mistress. He thinks he has finally found love, but Lulu is a streetwalker, still in love with her pimp. ...

Men Behind Bars (1931)

German-language version of "The Big House" (MGM, 1930), with Heinrich George in Wallace Beery's role, filmed by MGM parallel to the English-speaking version, at a time when good subtitles weren't yet in use. ...

The Big House (1931)

French-language version of "The Big House" (MGM, 1930), with Charles Boyer in Chester Morris's role, filmed by MGM parallel to the English-speaking version, at a time when good subtitles weren't yet in use. ...

Fejos Memorial (1963)

At first, the demolition of a biography. Shortly before his death, Fejos tells his life story. His voice, the melody of his Hungarian-accented English, his humour and his ability to tell stories lead us through the short documentation. Then it becomes an e ...