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Zoltán Latinovits (9 September 1931, in
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– 4 June 1976, in
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) was a Hungarian actor.


Early life

His mother divorced his father Oszkár Latinovits in 1941 and married István Frenreisz, a medical doctor, with whom she had two more children (István, who became an actor under the name
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, and musician
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). He began his school career in 1937, when he was enrolled to the Damjanich Street Primary School in
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and graduated with excellent results in 1949 at the Szent Imre Gimnázium (St. Emery College). He became a carpenter and worked for a bridge building firm. He was a basketball player for Haladás SE from 1951 and was also a good sailor. 1956 Architect, Epithetic Faculty, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Budapesti Műszaki Egyetem), Latinovits finished the university as the best of the year. He was involved in a drama group during his university years.


Acting career

He started his professional acting career after various stints in student and amateur productions and his colleagues and fans talked about him as the King of Actors. 1956-1959. Debrecen, Csokonai Theatre. 1959-1961. Miskolc, National Theatre. 1961-1962. Debrecen, Csokonai Theatre. 1962-1966. Vígszínház (Comedy Theatre). One of his most successful roles performed there was
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's Romeo and Juliet in 1963, playing with Éva Ruttkai, his later wife. 1966-1968. Thália Theatre. 1969-1971. Vígszinház. 1971-1976. Veszprém, Petőfi Theatre, where he was able to realise his longtime dream of being able to direct. One of the best performer of the poetry of Attila József, Gyula Illyés and Endre Ady.


Film career

Performed in numerous films from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. One of the most famous is ''
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'' (1971), based on the short stories by
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and directed by
Zoltán Huszárik Zoltán Huszárik (born József Zoltán Huszárik, May 14, 1931 – October 15, 1981) was an influential Hungarian film director, screenwriter, visual artist and occasional actor, an acclaimed auteur of the European modern art film. Huszár ...
.


His death

Latinovits was run over by a train at the station of Balatonszemes near
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in 1976. Though the official statements talked of
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, it never became fully clear whether he had jumped deliberately in front of the train or whether his death was an accident.Szigethy Gábor: Anatómiai vázlat
/ref> His death immediately became a romanticized legend, also due to the similarities with the suicide of poet Attila József, of whose poems Latinovits had been one of the foremost interpreters.


Selected filmography

* '' The Man of Gold'' (1962) * '' The Round-Up'' (1966) * '' Stars of Eger'' (1968) * ''
Silence and Cry Silence and Cry ( hu, Csend és kiáltás) is a 1968 Hungarian drama film directed by Miklós Jancsó. Plot In 1919, after just a few months of communist rule, the Hungarian Republic of Councils was dissolved by a nationalist counter-revolution. ...
'' (1968) * '' The Lost Generation'' (1968) * ''
The Toth Family ''The Toth Family'' ( hu, Isten hozta, őrnagy úr!) is a 1969 Hungarian comedy-drama film directed by Zoltán Fábri. It was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Zoltán Latinovits as Major (Őrnagy) * Imre Sinkovit ...
'' (1969) * ''
Szindbád ''Szindbád'' (also known as ''Szinbád'' / ''Sindbad'' /''Sinbad'') is a 1971 Hungarian film directed by Zoltán Huszárik, and based on short stories by the writer Gyula Krúdy. Plot The film opens with a sequence of fleeting images - the stame ...
'' (1971) * ''
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'' (1974) * '' 141 Minutes from the Unfinished Sentence'' (1975) * ''
The Fifth Seal ''The Fifth Seal'' ( hu, Az ötödik pecsét) is a 1976 film by Hungarian director Zoltán Fábri based on the 1963 novel with the same name by Hungarian author Ferenc Sánta. It won the Golden Prize at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival ...
'' (1976) * ''
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'' (1970) Számos filmben szerepelt, először 1959-ben a Gyalog a mennyországba címűben. Gyalog a mennyországba – Imre (1959) Kertes házak utcája – János (1962) Az aranyember – Krisztyán Tódor (1962) Pacsirta – Miklós (1963) Oldás és kötés – Járom Ambrus dr. (1963) Fotó Háber – Csiky Gábor (1963) Az aranyfej (1963) Karambol – Weber István (1964) Szegénylegények – Veszelka Imre (1965) Sellő a pecsétgyűrűn – Borsy Kálmán (1965) Iszony – Takaró Imre (1965) Fény a redőny mögött (1965) Sok hűség semmiért – szobrász (1966) Az orvos halála – narrátor (1966) Minden kezdet nehéz (1966) Egy magyar nábob – Szentirmay Rudolf (1966) Hideg napok – Büky őrnagy (1966) És akkor a pasas… – a főnök (1966) Aranysárkány – Fóris – tanár (1966) Kárpáthy Zoltán – Szentirmay Rudolf (1966) Máglyák Firenzében – VI. Sándor pápa (1967) (TV) Mélyrétegben (1967) Mocorgó (1967) (TV) – Iric Tanulmány a nőkről – Balogh Sándor (1967) Fiúk a térről – Somos doktor (1967) Egy szerelem három éjszakája – Menyhért (1967) Ninocska, avagy azok az átkozott férfiak – Vaszilij barátja/utas (1967) (TV) Csend és kiáltás – Kémeri (1968) Bánk bán – Bánk bán (1968) (TV) Kártyavár – Dr. Bán (1968) Egri csillagok – Varsányi Imre (1968) Falak – Ambrus László (1968) Keresztelő – Gócza Menyhért (1968) A régi nyár – Báró Pataky János (1969) (TV) A nagy kék jelzés – Abay – költő (1969) Komédia a tetőn – Géza (1969) (TV) Hazai pálya – Köves Béla, csapatkapitány (1969) Az örökös – Geréb Róbert (1969) Alfa Rómeó és Júlia – Vili (1969) Kéktiszta szerelem (1969) Az alvilág professzora – Gálffy alezredes (1969) 9Isten hozta, őrnagy úr! – őrnagy (1969) Utazás a koponyám körül – Karinthy Frigyes, az író (1970) Szerelmi álmok – herceg (1970) Az utolsó ítélet (1970) (TV) Hálóban (1970) (TV) Szemtől szemben (1970) Mindannyiotok lelkiismerete megnyugodhat… (1970) Szindbád – Szindbád (1971) Bözsi és a többiek (1971) (TV) Lujzi (1971) (TV) Csárdáskirálynő – Miska (1971) /a német nyelvű verzióban is/ A legszebb férfikor – Alker Tamás (1972) Volt egyszer egy család – Géza (1972) Híres szökések – Le baron de Kempelen (1972) (tévésorozat) A lámpás – pap (1972) 0Harminckét nevem volt (Ságvári Endre emlékfilm)- Juhos csendőrőrnagy (1972) És mégis mozog a föld – Bálvándy báró (1973) Trójai nők – Menelaosz (1973) (TV) III. Richárd (1973) (TV) A magyar ugaron – Zilahy Kálmán – Tanár (1973) 1A dunai hajós – Monsieur Boris (1974) A Pendragon legenda – Dr. Bátky János (1974) Kaputt (1974) (TV) 141 perc a befejezetlen mondatból – Wavra tanár (1975) Az áruló (1975) (TV) Az öreg – öreg(1975) Ballagó idő – Huszártiszt (1976) Az ötödik pecsét – Civilruhás (1976) Ki látott engem? (1977) (csak hang)


Published books

1973. Ködszurkáló (Skywriter) 1985. Emlékszem a röpülés boldogságára (collected works)


Prizes

(1966) – Jászai Mari prize (1970) – Balázs Béla prize (1975) – Significant artist (1989) –
Kossuth Prize The Kossuth Prize ( hu, Kossuth-díj) is a state-sponsored award in Hungary, named after the Hungarian politician and revolutionist Lajos Kossuth. The Prize was established in 1948 (on occasion of the centenary of the March 15th revolution, the ...
(posth.) (1970) - Best Actor - Silver Shell - 18th San Sebastian Film Festival


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Latinovits, Zoltan 1931 births 1976 suicides Hungarian male film actors Suicides in Hungary Railway accident deaths in Hungary 20th-century Hungarian male actors 1976 deaths