Iron Flower


Iron Flower is a 1958 Hungarian drama film directed by János Herskó. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest.

Plot

The story takes place in Óbuda in the 1930s. István Pettersen is a well-meaning, excellent fabric dyer, yet unemployed and homeless. He pulls himself into a miserable hut set on an abandoned plot and devotes his life to casual work. He meets and spends some happy days in the viscose with the orphaned Vera, who works at the local laundromat but dreams that, like her mother, she will one day be a dancer. Her boss, the wealthy Mr. Weiszhaupt, had long looked at her, and when the girl arrived late for work, he blackmails her.

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