The Revolt of Job
The Revolt of Job (Hungarian: Jób lázadása) is a 1983 Hungarian film directed by Imre Gyöngyössy and Barna Kabay. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[1]
Lackó is a Hungarian orphan whom a Jewish couple adopts. He lives with the family until the Nazis take the parents away.
Hungary, 1943. An elderly Jewish couple, Jób and Róza, adopt an unruly non-Jewish child (Lackó) to whom they intend to pass on their wealth and knowledge before Nazi oppression engulfs Hungary.
Attending the film's opening in New York City, Gyöngyössy said that he intended the movie "as a message not only between generations but between nations".[2]
Cast[]
- Ferenc Zenthe (Jób)
- Hédi Temessy (Róza)
- (Jani)
- (Ilka)
- (Rabbi hangja)
- László Gálffi (Cirkuszos)
- (Lackó)
- Nóra Görbe (Ilka hangja)
- (Ügyvéd)
- (Árvaház igazgatója)
- (Fiatal szomszéd)
- Flóra Kádár
See also[]
- List of submissions to the 56th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Hungarian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References[]
- ^ "The 56th Academy Awards (1984) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
- ^ Mydans, Seth (27 May 1984). "Hungary's Wartime Anguish is Relived Through 'The Revolt of Job'". The New York Times.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1983 films
- Hungarian films
- Hungarian-language films
- Holocaust films
- Hungarian film stubs