Father
Back| Year of participation | 2013 |
| Program | Retrospectives |
| Producer(s) | János Herskó |
| Director(s) | István Szabó |
| Script | István Szabó |
| Director of Photography | Sándor Sára |
| Production designer | Erzsébet Mialkovszky |
| Music by | János Gonda |
| Sound | György Pintér |
| Edit | János Rózsa |
| Production company(-ies) | Mafilm Studio 3 174. Róna Str., Budapest H-1145 361 252-2870 mafilm@mafilm.hu |
Synopsis
Little Takó Bence lost his father at the liberation of Budapest. Using his father's pet objects, his watch, medical bag, spectacles, leather jacket he creates a legend around the personality of his father he regards his father as a partisan hero, resistance fighter hiding persecutes in the hospital, famous doctor inventing a new sleeping pill. What is more, at a May Day march, he even identifies the trafarets of the "wise leader" with the image of his father. When growing up, however, and trying to form his own personality, the myth becomes more and more burdensome.
Awards
Special Prize of the Jury, Locarno IFF, Switzerland, 1967; Grand Prix, Moscow IFF, Russia, 1967; El Heraldo Award, Acapulco IFF, Mexico,1967; Best Screenplay, Valladolid IFF, Spain,1968
Design