Synopsis

When the good Lord created the sky, the earth, and the water, he was content. But soon, he began to feel lonely. He brooded for a moment, and then he began to knead a bit of clay. He opened the oven and started to bake a man.

Mária Horváth

Mária Horváth (1952) graduated as a goldsmith at the Vocational Middle School of Arts in Pécs. In 1971 she joined the Kecskemét Film Studio in its infancy. She has two daughters, two granddaughters, as well as some film plans that have yet to be realised. In 1990, she received the Balázs Béla Award. In her films she strives to create a synthesis of poetry and animation. She has received many awards for her films Miracles of the Night (1982), Door 8 (1983), Hungarian Folk Tales II (1985), Wide Man’s Friends (1995), Songs of Small People (1996), Hungarian Folk Tales Series VI (2002), and many others.