Father (1966 film)
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Father is a 1966 Hungarian drama film
written and directed by István Szabó
. The film is a coming of age story. The main character copes with his childhood loss of his father against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and memories of the Arrow Cross dictatorship.
at the 40th Academy Awards
, but was not accepted as a nominee. In 2000, Father appeared as number 11 on a list of the 12 best Hungarian films according to a group of Hungarian film critics.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
written and directed by István Szabó
István Szabó
István Szabó is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director.Szabó is the most internationally famous Hungarian filmmaker since the late 1960s. Working in the tradition of European, auteurist art cinema, he has made films that represent many of the psychological and political...
. The film is a coming of age story. The main character copes with his childhood loss of his father against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and memories of the Arrow Cross dictatorship.
Cast
- András BálintAndrás BálintAndrás Bálint is a Hungarian actor. He has appeared in over 75 films and television shows since 1958.-Selected filmography:* Father * The Confrontation * Szerelmesfilm * Trotta...
as Takó Bence - Miklós GáborMiklós GáborMiklós Gábor was a Hungarian actor, most remembered for his roles in films Valahol Európában and Mágnás Miska. He was husband to Éva Ruttkai, and later Éva Vass.-Life:...
as Apa - Dániel Erdély as A gyerek Takó
- Kati Sólyom as Anni
- Klári TolnayKlári TolnayKlári Tolnay was a Hungarian actress.-Life:Klári Tolnay was born on 17 July 1914 in Budapest, as the daughter of István Tolnay and Eleonóra Siess. She spent her childhood in the small village of Mohora, Nógrád county, on the estate of her father...
as Anya - Zsuzsa Ráthonyi as Anya fiatalon
- Ilona Petényi
- Rita Békés
- Judit Halász
- Anna Nagy
- Zsuzsa Balogh
Reception
The film won the Grand Prix at the Moscow Film Festival and the Special Jury Prize at Locarno, and established Szabó as a director of international stature. The film was also selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language FilmAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 40th Academy Awards
40th Academy Awards
The 40th Academy Awards honored film achievements of 1967. Originally scheduled for 8 April 1968, the awards were postponed to two days later, 10 April 1968, because of the assassination of Dr...
, but was not accepted as a nominee. In 2000, Father appeared as number 11 on a list of the 12 best Hungarian films according to a group of Hungarian film critics.
See also
- List of submissions to the 40th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Hungarian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film