Job's revolt
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Job's revolt Jób lázadása |
| Country of production |
Hungary Germany |
| original language | Hungarian |
| Publishing year | 1983 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Imre Gyöngyössy Barna Kabay |
| script | Imre Gyöngyössy Barna Kabay Katalin Petényi |
| music | Zoltán Jeney |
| camera | Gábor Szabó |
| cut |
Mari Miklós Katalin Petényi |
| occupation | |
| |
Job's Revolte is a Hungarian-German drama by Imre Gyöngyössy and Barna Kabay from 1983. In the GDR it was shown under the title Job rebels .
action
Hungary in 1943: The Jewish-Hasidic couple Jób and Róza adopt the orphan boy Lackó, who is a Christian. Because Jews are no longer allowed to adopt Christians at that time, the papers are backdated to 1938. Shepherd Jób gives two calves for the boy. Lackó, on the other hand, proves to be stubborn, irrepressible and unwilling to come with the two even in the orphanage. Jób sees this as a sign from God: A spark from one of the calves must have jumped over to Lackó in order to show Jób the right boy. Lackó is supposed to survive in contrast to his parents and to carry on the spirit and faith of the family. All seven of the couple's children died before their time and anti-Semitism is now also noticeable in Hungary. Jób's approach meets with disapproval from the Jews of the village and Rabbi Mandele accuses him of blasphemy .
Lackó grew up without knowledge of God. He curiously observes the preparations for the Sabbath and later the prayers that are alien to him. Since Jób explains to him that God is in everything, including the frogs, Lackó and neighbor Kati catch frogs to please their father. The circus comes to the village and the residents see a film here for the first time: The frozen child shows a child who collapses at his parents' grave in the icy winter. Some viewers are moved to tears while others are outraged that they have to pay money for bad feelings. Hardly anyone can see the illusion of the film. Maid Ilka and servant Jani, who work on Jób's farm, sleep together at night, supposedly because the film has confused them. Both have been in love for a long time and are soon married by the local priest.
One day Jób and Lackó meet the monk Günther, who begins to instruct the boy in religion. Jób, in turn, begins one day to pray for Lackó. When it rains the next morning, Jób is overjoyed, he believes that God shows that he has answered his prayers. The discovery that Lackó has diphtheria is all the more devastating . Jób's two children died of the disease and he and Róza pray desperately that God will not take away their eighth child as well. Lackó gets well, which the Jewish community in the village feels as a blessing. Numerous neighbors appear and bring gifts. Jób gets drunk as he only did before his wedding. Lackó is now increasingly being prepared by his parents for the approaching farewell to each other. He doesn't understand why his parents will soon be gone. One day Jób and Róza give their son a feast at which they say goodbye to him. Lackó receives his father's knife, which he once promised him for when he grows up. The next day, the parents pack while Lackó is ailing. When he wakes up, he finds himself in a new house. The pregnant Ilka and Jani are with him and tell him that he will live with them in the future. Jób bought the house for them. Lackó runs to his old house, on which a Jewish star is painted. His parents are there, wearing the star and making it clear to Lackó that they no longer want to see it. Lackó is offended and leaves. He roams around and sees deserters being shot. Shortly afterwards, cattle trucks roll through the village. His girlfriend Kati is deported. His parents are sitting on one of the wagons, trying not to look at him. Lackó runs after the car and climbs it. Jób sets him down and points out that he had told him to wait for the arrival of Messiah and therefore to stay behind. Lackó runs through the area alone and calls for the Messiah.
production
Job's Revolte was a German-Hungarian co-production, with the German ZDF as well as Macropos-Film and Star-Film Martin Moszkowicz from Munich involved. The costumes were created by Gábor Csiszár , Sári Füzy and Anna Indig , the film construction was done by Vilmos Nagy . Job's revolt had its premiere in Hungary on December 1, 1983. It ran for the first time on ZDF on German television on March 11, 1984 and was shown in GDR cinemas on April 12, 1985. On April 4, 1986, the film was also shown on DFF 2 on East German television.
criticism
For the film-dienst , Job's revolt was an “atmospheric, equally realistic and poetic image of the time that makes it impressively clear that religious and humane values are indispensable for the preservation of life and a humane existence.” “In compositions, peace and security the camera work and the brilliant insistence of the image guidance, which is nowhere inferior in quality, the film is unrivaled for my limited circle of knowledge, ”wrote Rupert Neudeck in medium . “Moving, poetic and realistic at the same time,” summarized Cinema .
Award
Job's Revolte was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Foreign Language Film in 1984, where it was submitted as a Hungarian entry for the Oscar.
Web links
- Job's revolt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Job's revolt at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Job's revolt. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Quotation after Job's Revolte on filmportal.de
- ↑ See cinema.de