The New Landlord

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 40000 its budget was a drop in the bucket compared to a typical Hollywood production