''The Revolt of Job'' ( hu, Jób lázadása) is a 1983 Hungarian film directed by
Imre Gyöngyössy
Imre Gyöngyössy (25 February 1930 – 1 May 1994) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His film '' The Revolt of Job'' (1983), which he co-directed with Barna Kabay, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film ...
and
Barna Kabay
Barna Kabay (born 15 August 1948, Budapest) is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter and film producer. His film ''The Revolt of Job'' (1983), which he co-directed with Imre Gyöngyössy, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign La ...
. It was nominated for the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...
.
Lackó is a Hungarian
orphan
An orphan (from the el, ορφανός, orphanós) is a child whose parents have died.
In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents due to death is called an orphan. When referring to animals, only the mother's condition is usuall ...
whom a
Jewish
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
couple adopts. He lives with the family until the
Nazi
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s take the parents away.
Hungary, 1943. An elderly Jewish couple, Jób and Róza, adopt an unruly non-Jewish child (Lackó) to whom they intend to pass on their wealth and knowledge before Nazi oppression engulfs Hungary.
Attending the film's opening in
New York City
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, Gyöngyössy said that he intended the movie "as a message not only between generations but between nations".
Cast
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Ferenc Zenthe
Ferenc Zenthe (born Ferenc Rameshofer; 20 April 1920 – 30 July 2006) was a Hungarian actor, honored with being chosen as an Actor of the Nation, the Kossuth Prize and the Meritorious Artist Award of Hungary. Best known from the historical se ...
(Jób)
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Hédi Temessy (Róza)
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Péter Rudolf (Jani)
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Léticia Cano (Ilka)
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István Verebes
István () is a Hungarian language equivalent of the name Stephen or Stefan. It may refer to:
People with the given name Nobles, palatines and judges royal
* Stephen I of Hungary (c. 975–1038), last grand prince of the Hungarians and first ...
(Rabbi hangja)
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László Gálffi
László Gálffi (born 16 November 1952) is a Hungarian actor. He was born in Budapest.
One of his better known roles is that of King Ludwig II of Bavaria in Tony Palmer's epic film production of '' Wagner'', in which Galffi acted alongside ...
(Cirkuszos)
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Gábor Fehér (Lackó)
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Nóra Görbe (Ilka hangja)
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András Ambrus (Ügyvéd)
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Sándor Oszter (Árvaház igazgatója)
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Péter Blaskó (Fiatal szomszéd)
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Flóra Kádár
See also
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References
External links
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1983 films
Hungarian drama films
1980s Hungarian-language films
Holocaust films
1983 drama films
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