It tells the story of Marie, an austerely beautiful young peasant girl played by the French star, Annabella. She is seduced beneath a flowering tree by the admirer of one of the daughters of the prosperous family for whom she works, becomes pregnant and is cast out.
Cinematography
Fejős' fluid camera work that somehow makes misery look gorgeous.
Acting
Annabella's face doing absolutely everything dialogue cannot.
Director
Pál Fejős
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pál Fejös made this in Hungary before fleeing to Hollywood, where he directed the sci-fi classic The Phantom of Paris.
Spring Shower belongs to a forgotten wave of rural Hungarian poetic realism that influenced later filmmakers like Miklós Jancsó.
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