TRIBUTE TO A MASTER
HUNGARIANS
MAGYAROK
Director: Zoltán Fábri
Hugary / 1978 / Colour / 107' / Hungarian; Turkish subtitles
Screenplay: Zoltán Fábri
Music: George Vukan
Cinematography: George Illés
Editing: Ferencné Szécsényi
Cast: Gellért Raksányi , István Szilágyi , Gábor Koncz , Erzsi Pápai , Zoltán Gera
Production Company: Capital, Clircio, Dialóg Filmstúdió, Hungarofilm, Mafilm
Award-winning director Zoltán Fábri’s 1978 film, adapted from József Balázs’ novel, tells the story of a group of farm workers who migrate from Hungary to northern Germany at the onset of World War II. Initially working under fair and decent conditions, the workers begin to question the world around them as they witness the devastation of war and the mistreatment of prisoners. Their decision to return home sets them on a harrowing journey, confronting the harsh realities of Nazi Germany.
The film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards.
Awards
- 1982 Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Best Foreign Film
Screened with the support of the Liszt Institute and the National Film Institute Hungary.
TRAILER
Zoltán Fábri
A leading figure of Hungary’s “New Cinema,” Zoltán Fábri helped open international markets to Eastern European films with his ‘Merry-Go-Round’ (1956), a colorful adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, which was nominated for the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival. Fábri’s ‘The Boys of Paul Street’ (1968) received an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film. He won the Grand Jury Prize at the Moscow Festival for ‘141 Minutes from the Unfinished Sentence’ (1975), the Grand Prize at Moscow for ‘The Fifth Seal’ (1976), and the Silver Bear at the Berlin Festival for the screenplay of ‘Requiem’ (1981). Other notable works include ‘The Storm’ (1952), ‘Professor Hannibal’ (1956), ‘Darkness In Daytime’ (1963), and ‘The Homecoming’ (1983). Born in Budapest, Fábri studied theatre design at the College of Fine Arts and directing at the Academy of Theatre and Film Art. After spending much of World War II as a prisoner of war, he became a director at Budapest’s National Theatre and made his screen debut in 1951. He wrote the scripts and designed the sets for most of his films, and in his later years served as President of the Union of Hungarian Cinema and Television Artists.