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Zoltán Fábri

ゾルターン・ファーブリ

Zorutān Fāburi

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1917-10-15 （Budapest, Austria-Hungary）
Died
1994-08-23 （Budapest, Hungary） age 76
Nationality
Hungary
Languages
Hungarian
Residence History
Budapest

Career

Occupations
film director, screenwriter, production designer
Active Years
1951-1983
Affiliations
Hungarian Film Artist Union (President 1959-1981), University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest (teacher)

Education

Hungarian College of Fine Arts
painting
Country: Hungary
Studied painting and graduated.

Awards

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
1969
Work: The Boys of Paul Street
Organization: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Result: nominated
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
1979
Work: Hungarians
Organization: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Result: nominated
Grand Prix
1965
Work: Twenty Hours
Organization: Moscow International Film Festival
Result: won (shared)
Special Prize for Directing
1975
Work: 141 Minutes from the Unfinished Sentence
Organization: Moscow International Film Festival
Result: won
Golden Prize
1977
Work: The Fifth Seal
Organization: Moscow International Film Festival
Result: won
Honorable Prize
1979
Category: contribution to cinema
Organization: Moscow International Film Festival
Result: won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Merry-Go-Round

1956 Drama

Internationally acclaimed breakthrough film.

humanity

Twenty Hours

1965 Drama

Experimented with narrative and flashback techniques.

humanitychoice

The Boys of Paul Street

1969 Drama

Nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

friendshipchildren

The Toth Family

1969 Drama

Entered into Moscow International Film Festival.

familywar

The Fifth Seal

1976 Drama

Contains highly surrealist scenes.

humanitymorality

Hungarians

1978 Drama

Nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

warPOWs

Bibliography

  • Mattie the Goose-boy
  • Déryné
  • Storm
  • Erkel
  • Fourteen Lives
  • Dandin György, avagy a megcsúfolt férj
  • Merry-Go-Round
  • Professor Hannibal
  • Summer Clouds
  • Sweet Anna
  • Brute
  • Two Half Times in Hell
  • Darkness in Daytime
  • Hard Summer
  • Twenty Hours
  • Late Season
  • The Boys of Paul Street
  • The Toth Family
  • The Witness
  • Ant Hill
  • Plus-Minus One Day
  • 141 Minutes from the Unfinished Sentence
  • The Fifth Seal
  • Hungarians
  • Bálint Fábian Meets God
  • Requiem
  • Housewarming

Style & Themes

Literary Style
classical styleacademic techniques of art filmmakinginfluenced by Italian Neorealisminfluenced by French Poetic Realism
Recurring Motifs
question of humanityWorld War IIadaptations of literary works

Health

  • heart attack
    1994年
    Cause of death at age 76.

Legacy

Prominent Hungarian film director acclaimed internationally. Won numerous awards at film festivals. Directed many films based on literary material, focusing on humanity in a classical style.

Trivia

  • Perfectionist who storyboarded and choreographed every scene in detail before production.
  • Friendly and kind to British and American child actors on The Boys of Paul Street.
  • Sole acting role as Zoltán Dániel in The Witness.