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Professor Hannibal
''Professor Hannibal'' (Hungarian: ''Hannibál tanár úr'') is a 1956 Hungarian drama film directed by Zoltán Fábri and starring Ernő Szabó, Zoltán Greguss and Manyi Kiss. The film is based on a novel by Ferenc Móra set in Budapest during the Interwar period. When a Latin teacher publishes an essay on the Carthaginian General Hannibal, he is quickly hailed as a celebrity genius, but in reality has become an unwitting pawn of far-right politicians. 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. Release The initial popularity of the film is hard to judge as five days after it premiered on 18 October 1956 the Hungarian Uprising began. It was re-released in 1957.Cunningham p.90-91 Partial cast * Ernő Szabó as Nyúl Béla * Zoltán Greguss as Muray * Manyi Kiss as Nyúl Béláné * Noémi Apor as Lola * Emmi Buttykay as Mici * Hilda Gobbi as Vogelmayerné ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoltán Fábri
Zoltán Fábri (15 October 1917 – 23 August 1994) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His films '' The Boys of Paul Street'' (1969) and ''Hungarians'' (1978) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His 1965 film ''Twenty Hours'' shared the Grand Prix with ''War and Peace'' at the 4th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1969 film ''The Toth Family'' was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1975 film '' 141 Minutes from the Unfinished Sentence'' was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival, where he won a Special Prize for Directing. Life and career Fábri wanted to become an artist from an early age on. He studied painting and graduated at the Hungarian College of Fine Arts. He began working in the Hungarian film industry in 1950 as a production designer. He directed his first film '' Vihar'' (''Storm'') in 1951. He became an internationally acclaimed director with his third feature ''Kö ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carthage
Carthage was the capital city of Ancient Carthage, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classical world. The city developed from a Canaanite Phoenician colony into the capital of a Punic empire which dominated large parts of the Southwest Mediterranean during the first millennium BC. The legendary Queen Alyssa or Dido, originally from Tyre, is regarded as the founder of the city, though her historicity has been questioned. According to accounts by Timaeus of Tauromenium, she purchased from a local tribe the amount of land that could be covered by an oxhide. As Carthage prospered at home, the polity sent colonists abroad as well as magistrates to rule the colonies. The ancient city was destroyed in the nearly-three year siege of Carthage by the Roman Republic during the Third Punic War in 146 BC and then re-developed as Roman Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoltán Makláry
Zoltán Makláry (16 April 1896, Budapest – 12 July 1978, Budapest) was a Hungarian stage and film actor. He was awarded the Kossuth Prize. Selected filmography * '' Stars of Eger'' (1923) * ''Hyppolit, the Butler'' (1931) * ''Spring Shower'' (1932) * ''Flying Gold'' (1932) * ''Emmy'' (1934) * '' Romance of Ida'' (1934) * '' St. Peter's Umbrella'' (1935) * '' Number 111'' (1938) * '' Young Noszty and Mary Toth'' (1938) * '' The Perfect Man'' (1939) * ''Cserebere'' (1940) * ''Gül Baba'' (1940) * ''Seven Plum Trees'' (1940) * ''Háry János'' (1941) * ''People of the Mountains'' (1942) * ''Changing the Guard'' (1942) * ''A Tanítónő'' (1945) * ''The Sea Has Risen'' (1953) * ''Professor Hannibal'' (1956) * ''Édes Anna'' (1958) * '' Yesterday'' (1959) * ''The Golden Head'' (1964) * ''Three Nights of Love ''Three Nights of Love'' ( it, Tre notti d'amore) is a 1964 omnibus comedy film in three segments directed by Renato Castellani, Luigi Comencini and Franco Rossi and st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
György Kálmán
György () is a Hungarian version of the name ''George''. Some notable people with this given name: * György Alexits, as a Hungarian mathematician * György Almásy, Hungarian asiologist, traveler, zoologist and ethnographer, father of László Almásy * György Apponyi, Hungarian politician * György Gordon Bajnai, Prime Minister of Hungary (2009-10) * György Bálint (originally surname Braun; 1919–2020), Hungarian horticulturist, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, journalist, author, and politician who served as an MP. * György Bárdy, Hungarian film and television actor * György Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine * György Bessenyei, Hungarian playwright and poet * György Bródy, Hungarian water polo goalkeeper, 2x Olympic champion * György Bulányi, Hungarian a Piarist priest, teacher, and leader * György Carabelli, Hungarian dentist * György Csányi, Hungarian athlete * György Cserhalmi, Hungarian actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferenc Bessenyei
Ferenc Bessenyei (10 February 1919 – 27 December 2004) was a Hungarian actor and singer. He began his career in the choir at National Theatre of Szeged in 1940 and became one of Hungary's most respected stage performers. As singer he appeared in ''My Fair Lady'' (as Higgins), ''Fiddler on the Roof'' (as milkman Tevje) and ''Zorba the Greek'' (as Zorba). He was a tall man with a deep, powerful voice. He was elected to the Revolutionary Council of the Hungarian Intelligentsia in the 1956 revolt and was not allowed to perform for two years. He was awarded the "Actor of Nation" in 2000. He appeared in 75 films between 1960 and 2001. His second wife was Hédi Váradi actress. Selected filmography * ''Kiskrajcár'' (1953) * '' Young Hearts'' (1953) * ''Under the City'' (1953) * ''Professor Hannibal'' (1956) * '' Alba Regia'' (1961) * '' The Brute'' (1961) * ''Drama of the Lark'' (1963) * ''The Testament of Aga Koppanyi'' (1967) * '' Stars of Eger'' (1968) * '' Franz Liszt. Dream ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Béla Barsy
Béla Barsy, also credited as ''Barsi'' (24 January 1906 - 30 April 1968) was a Hungarian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1952 to 1968. Selected filmography References External links * 1906 births 1968 deaths Hungarian male film actors {{Hungary-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ödön Bárdi
Ödön Bárdi (5 January 1877, Pilisborosjenő – 24 June 1958, Budapest) was a Hungarian actor. Selected filmography * '' A Csodagyerek'' (1920) * ''Lord Arthur Savile's Crime'' (1920) * '' Márciusi mese'' (1934) * '' I May See Her Once a Week'' (1937) * '' Pesti mese'' (1937) * ''Hotel Kikelet'' (1937) * '' Azurexpress'' (1938) * ''A Tanítónő'' (1945) * ''Professor Hannibal ''Professor Hannibal'' (Hungarian: ''Hannibál tanár úr'') is a 1956 Hungarian drama film directed by Zoltán Fábri and starring Ernő Szabó, Zoltán Greguss and Manyi Kiss. The film is based on a novel by Ferenc Móra set in Budapest during ...'' (1956) External links * 1877 births 1958 deaths Hungarian male film actors Hungarian male silent film actors People from Pest County 20th-century Hungarian male actors {{Hungary-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilda Gobbi
Hilda Emília Gizella Gobbi (6 June 1913 – 13 July 1988) was an award-winning Hungarian actress, known for her portrayals of elderly women. One of her most beloved performances was as Aunt Szabo in the radio soap opera ''The Szabo Family''. A resistance member during World War II, she attempted to facilitate the reconstruction of the National Theatre by sponsoring a fundraising drive. Committed to her craft, she founded the Árpád Horváth Actor's College (1947), a home to care for elderly actors named after Mari Jászai (1948), a second actor's home named after (1950), the (1952), and bequeathed her Patkó Villa to the National Theater for the purposes of creating a theater. Early life Hilda Emília Gizella Gobbi was born on 6 June 1913 in Budapest, which at the time was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to German-born, Margit (née Schneckenburger) and the Italian Hussar-turned industrialist, Ede Gobbi. Her paternal grandfather was Alois Gobbi, a noted violinist, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmi Buttykay
Emmi may refer to: People *Emmi (Australian singer), singer-songwriter and voice of Blind Pig *Emmi (Finnish singer), a Finnish singer-songwriter *Emmi Dölling (1906–1990), a Czechoslovak/German political activist and journalist *Emmi Welter (1887–1971), German politician Institutions *Emmi AG, Swiss-based milk processor company *EMMI, ''European Money markets Institute'', is in charge to publish the Euribor daily reference rate *EMMIs, enemies in the 2021 video game ''Metroid Dread ''Metroid Dread'' is an action-adventure video game developed by Nintendo and MercurySteam and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It was released on October 8, 2021. Set after the events of '' Metroid Fusion'' (2002), players cont ...'' Abbreviations * Cyrix EMMI, ''Extended Multi-Media Instructions'', an MMX extension {{disambiguation, hndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungarian Revolution Of 1956
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (23 October – 10 November 1956; hu, 1956-os forradalom), also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was a countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) and the Hungarian domestic policies imposed by the Soviet Union (USSR). The Hungarian Revolution began on 23 October 1956 in Budapest when Student, university students appealed to the civil populace to join them at the Hungarian Parliament Building to protest against the USSR's geopolitical domination of Hungary with the Stalinism, Stalinist government of Mátyás Rákosi. A delegation of students entered the building of Magyar Rádió, Hungarian Radio to broadcast their Demands of Hungarian Revolutionaries of 1956, sixteen demands for political and economic reforms to the civil society of Hungary, but they were instead detained by security guards. When the student protestors outside the radio building demanded the release of their delegation of studen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest Twelve
The Budapest Twelve is a list of 12 Hungarian films considered the best from the period between 1948 and 1968. The films were chosen in secret ballot of the Hungarian film industry in 1968. Budapest Twelve The International Federation of Film Critics ''(FIPRESCI)'' held its annual conference in Budapest in 1968, the year that marked the 20th anniversary of the nationalization of the Hungarian film industry. On this occasion, the department of film critics of the Alliance of Hungarian Filmmakers choose the best 12 films in a secret ballot. The films were screened at the 4. Hungarian Film Week and one year later aired on the Hungarian Public Television. The full list of films: # Frigyes Bán: ''Treasured Earth'' # Miklós Jancsó: '' The Round-Up'' # Zoltán Fábri: ''Merry-Go-Round'' # András Kovács: ''Cold Days'' # Félix Máriássy: '' Budapest Spring'' # Zoltán Fábri: ''Professor Hannibal'' # Imre Fehér: ''In Soldier's Uniform'' # Károly Makk: ''The House Under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
