Treasured Earth (Talpalatnyi föld) (1948)

Jóska Góz and Marika Juhos, the main characters in the story that takes place in 1930, love each other. Marika, however, marries Ferke Zsiros Tóth because of her parents' debts. Jóska elopes with the girl during the wedding party. Jóska must make enough money to be able to marry Marika. Jóska, therefore, works as a navvy, then the two of them work from daybreak till nightfall on their tiny little piece of land, digging a well to be able to irrigate their plants. They cannot, however, escape the revenge of the Tóth family... (MANDA)