Summer on the Hill

Summer on the Hill

Film screening and discussion

As an accompanying program to the exhibition Basalt. The Layers of Oblivion, Péter Bacsó’s 1967 film Summer on the Hill will be screened, followed by a panel discussion with the film’s female protagonist, Katalin Gyöngyössy, and film historian Gábor Gelencsér, on the significance of the film, the circumstances of its making, and its reception.

Summer on the Hill (1967, directed by Péter Bacsó) 

camera: János Zsombolyai; music: Szabolcs Fényes, Tamás Cseh; leading roles: László Mensáros, Nándor Tomanek, Katalin Gyöngyössy, József Pecsenke

bw. feature film, in Hungarian, 97 min.

National Film Institute

Participants of the discussion:

Katalin Gyöngyössy, the female protagonist of the film

Gábor Gelencsér, film historian

Moderated by Iván Székely, curator of the exhibition

The program is in Hungarian.