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Cigányok papja (The Gypsies’ Priest)

Film
Title of the film Original title: Cigányok papja
English title: The Gypsies’ Priest
Hungarian title: Cigányok papja

Production and shooting info Country of the production: Hungary - hu
Year of production: from 1998 to 1999
Year of shooting: from 1998 to 1999
Length of the film: 33 min
Colouring: colour
Recording format: Beta SP
Original language: Hungarian

Description of the content The story of Alsószentmárton, a once-cosmopolitan village of 1,150 people, now inhabited entirely by Gypsies with the exception of the priest. The film shows basket weaving as the main means of subsistence, church services and hymns, the Roma language through a conversation between an old villager and his grandson, the cemetery, the activities of the Gypsies’ priest József Lankó, who also speaks about local traditional celebrations.

Credits Director: Lídia Szádvári
Producer: Margit Pákozdy
Cinematographer: András Boldizsár
Editor: Gabriella Koncz
Casting: József Lankó

Company / Institution Production: Fórum Film Alapítvány

Ethnicity and locality Etnic group: Gypsy
Continent: Central Europe
Country: Hungary - hu
Location
 (City, village, region, mountains, etc.): Baranya county

Tipology Type: non-fiction film
Form: documentary film

Related sciences Social science: sociology
 ethnography


Keyword: identity
 disadvantage
 rural life

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