Zoltán Fábri

Zoltán Fábry

Zoltán Fábri (born October 15, 1917 in Budapest ; † August 23, 1994 there ) was a Hungarian director .

Life

Fábri first completed an art degree and then went on to study theater and film. He worked as a set designer, actor and director at the theater. He also illustrated numerous books. In 1947, after an artistic director at the Magyar Theater, he became a member of the Hungarian National Theater in Budapest.

Fábri made his first film in 1951. Between 1951 and 1983 he made a total of 22 films and received numerous awards at international film festivals for his work. At the Berlinale 1982 received a Silver Bear for his script for his film Requiem . His most famous film was made in 1969 based on Ferenc Molnár's novel The Boys from Paulstrasse . For this film he received an Oscar nomination in the category “Best Foreign Language Film”. He received a second Oscar nomination in 1979 for his film The Hungarians .

In Hungary he received the Kossuth Prize in 1953, 1955 and 1970 .

Filmography

Grave on the Farkasréti temető in Budapest

• 1954: Fourteen lives ( Életjel )
• 1955: Carousel ( Körhinta )
• 1956: Professor Hannibal ( Hannibál tanár úr )
• 1959: The monster ( Dúvad )
• 1959: guilty? ( Édes Anna )
• 1962: Two halves in hell ( Két félidő a pokolban )
• 1963: Dark in daylight ( Nappali sötétség )
• 1964: A new summer is coming ( Vízivárosi nyár )
• 1965: twenty hours ( Húsz óra )
• 1967: The Summons ( Utószezon )
• 1968: Boys from Paulstrasse ( A Pál utcai fiúk )
• 1970: Tóth family ( Isten hozta, őrnagy úr! )
• 1971: Ant's nest ( Hangyaboly )
• 1973: One day more or less ( Plusz-mínusz egy nap )
• 1974: The unfinished movement ( 141 perc a befejezetlen mondatból )
• 1976: The fifth seal ( Az ötödik pecsét )
• 1978: The Hungarians ( Magyarok )
• 1979: Balint Fabian meets God ( Fábian Bálint találkozása Istennel )
• 1983: Comes to my name day ( Gyertek el a névnapomra )

Web links

• Zoltán Fábri in the Internet Movie Database (English)