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Csatka

Title of the film

Original title: Csatka
English title: Csatka
Hungarian title: Csatka
Eredeti serial title: Hittörténeti Archívum – Búcsújáróhelyek
Angol serial title: Archives of the History of Faith – Dedication Festivals
Hungarian serial title: Hittörténeti Archívum – Búcsújáróhelyek

Production and shooting info

Country of the production: Hungary - hu
Year of production: from 0000 to 2002
Year of shooting: 0000
Length of the film: 47 min
Colouring: colour
Standard format: DVCAM
Recording format: DV
Original language: Hungarian

Description of the content

There is a particular gipsy dedication festival with established customs at a remote part of the mountains of Bakony once a year, on 8th September at Kisasszonynap (the day of the small Madonna).The film that was shot here shows the sensibility of the catholic Gypsies for mysteries and presents their half pagan system of religious customs.

Credits

Director: Orsolya Székely
Producer: Orsolya Székely
Cinematographer: Zsolt Tóth
Editor: Péter Sass
 Károly Szalai
Sound: László Zalányi
Production manager: Lídia Bánóczi

Company / Institution

Production: Ikon Stúdió Kft.
Distributor: Ikon Stúdió Kft.

Ethnicity and locality

Etnic group: Gypsy
Continent: Central Europe
Country: Hungary - hu
Location
 (City, village, region, mountains, etc.): Csatka

Tipology

Type: non-fiction film
Form: documentary film
Beszédmód: riportfilm

Related sciences

Social science: ethnography
 religion studies

Keyword: spirituality
 ritual
 tradition