• Source: Father (1966 film)

      • Father (Hungarian: Apa, pronounced [ˈɒpɒ] ) 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 the childhood loss of his father against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and memories of the earlier dictatorship of the Arrow Cross Party modelled on the German Nazi Party.


      Cast


      András Bálint as Takó Bence
      Miklós Gábor as Apa
      Dániel Erdély as Agyerek Takó
      Kati Sólyom as Anni
      Klári Tolnay 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 5th Moscow International 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 Film at the 40th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film was chosen to be part both of Budapest Twelve, a list of Hungarian films considered the best in 1968 and its follow-up, the New Budapest Twelve in 2000.


      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


      References




      External links


      Father at IMDb

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