János Görbe born as Görbe János (November 12, 1912,

Jászárokszállás Jászárokszállás is a town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 7914 people (2014). History First mention of Jászárokszállás was ...

- September 5, 1968,

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) was a prominent Hungarian

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of film and theater. He was the father of actress

Nóra Görbe Nóra Görbe (born 3 September 1956) is a Hungarian pop singer and actress. Life * She is the daughter of legendary film actor János Görbe. Biográfia">Nóra Görbe website >> Biográfia * She considered becoming a ballet dancer before turni ...

, star of the popular 80's

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, "Linda". In the course of his career, he worked with the most prominent contemporary directors in Hungary,

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Miklós Jancsó Miklós Jancsó (; 27 September 192131 January 2014) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Jancsó achieved international prominence starting in the mid-1960s with works including '' The Round-Up'' (''Szegénylegények'', 1965), ''T ...

and

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 most famous films include the

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favorite

The Round-Up (1965 film) ''The Round-Up'' ( hu, Szegénylegények, "Poor young men", i. e. outlaws) is a 1966 Hungarian film directed by Miklós Jancsó. Well received in its home country, it was Jancsó's first film to receive international acclaim. Today, many consider ...

by Jancsó or :hu:Föltámadott a tenger in which he played Hungary's national hero, poet

Sándor Petőfi Sándor Petőfi ( []; né Petrovics; sk, Alexander Petrovič; sr, Александар Петровић; 1 January 1823 – most likely 31 July 1849) was a Hungarian poet of Serbian origin and liberal revolutionary. He is considered Hungary's ...

who perished in the

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against the

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. His movies ''Ház a sziklák alatt'' (

The House Under the Rocks ''The House Under the Rocks'' (Hungarian: ''Ház a sziklák alatt'') is a 1958 Hungarian drama film directed by Károly Makk and György Hintsch and starring János Görbe, Irén Psota and Margit Bara. Burns p.213 It was shot at the Hunnia Studio ...

by Makk, 1959), ''Húsz óra by'' Fábri (

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, 1965), ''Ének a búzamezőkről'' (1947), and ''Emberek a Havason'' ( People on the Alps/ Men on the Mountain, 1942) are also considered landmarks of Hungarian and international cinematic history. Although

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all his life, Görbe recited Petőfi poems to the cheering crowd during the

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against the

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, standing on the balcony of

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. János Görbe was also an acclaimed "Tiborc" in

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Bánk bán ''Bánk bán'' is an opera in 3 acts by composer Ferenc Erkel. The work uses a Hungarian-language libretto by Béni Egressy which is based on a stage play of the same name by József Katona. (''Bán'' is Ban (title), ban in English, similar to a v ...

. The role of Bánk was played by his

co-star

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. Görbe won a

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in 1951 -

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's most important prize for an artist.

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1940) * ''

People of the Mountains ''People of the Mountains'' (Hungarian: ''Emberek a havason'') is a 1942 Hungarian drama film directed by István Szőts and starring Alice Szellay, János Görbe, Péterke Ferency. The film is set in the Székely woodcutting community of Tran ...

'' (1942) * '' Song of the Cornfields'' (1947) * '' Mattie the Goose-boy'' (1950) * ''

The Sea Has Risen ''The Sea Has Risen'' (Hungarian: ''Föltámadott a tenger'') is a 1953 Hungarian historical drama film directed by László Ranódy, Mihály Szemes and Kálmán Nádasdy. It stars János Görbe, Zoltán Makláry and Lajos Básti.Liehm & Liehm ...

'' (1953) * ''

A Glass of Beer ''A Glass of Beer'' (Hungarian: ''Egy pikoló világos'') is a 1955 Cinema of Hungary, Hungarian comedy film directed by Félix Máriássy and starring Éva Ruttkai, Tibor Bitskey and Elma Bulla. It is also known as ''A Half Pint of Beer''. Main c ...

'' (1955) * ''

'' (1959) * ''

'' (1965) * ''

A Holiday with Piroschka ''A Holiday with Piroschka'' (german: Ferien mit Piroschka) is a 1965 comedy film directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb and starring Marie Versini, Götz George, and Dietmar Schönherr. It was a co-production between Austria, Hungary and West Germany ...

'' (1965)

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with

Margit Bara Margit Bara (21 June 1928 – 25 October 2016) was a Hungarian film actress. She appeared in 25 films between 1956 and 1975. She retired from acting in 1977 and later in 1992 received the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary and in 200 ...

Görbe's page on Port.hu
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