Father
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
István Szabó
András Bálint
Miklós Gábor
Klári Tolnay
Dániel Erdélyi
Kati Sólyom
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Takó is a young Hungarian boy whose father died at the end of World War II. So great is the child's tragedy that he conjures up a fantasy father who still guides him. In his own imagination, Takó becomes the son of a hero, a brave partisan who gained glory in the war. Sustained by the myth he has created, Takó establishes himself as a leader among his friends and succeeds in breaking up the courtship between his mother and a would-be suitor. When he becomes a man, Takó finds that he is able to captivate young women with stories of his father's heroism. In 1956 Takó becomes involved in the Hungarian uprising and discovers that he now has less need of his father. At this time Takó also acquires a girl friend, Anni, who is Jewish. While working together as extras at a film studio, they reenact the horror of the persecution of the Jews, and Takó experiences vicariously the pain of Anni's heritage. After resolving to learn about his own background, Takó discovers that his father was a quite ordinary man, neither hero nor partisan, but a decent, hardworking individual. Takó now understands that he must live without the myth of his father, that a man can achieve dignity only through his own strength.
Director
István Szabó
Cast
András Bálint
Miklós Gábor
Klári Tolnay
Dániel Erdélyi
Kati Sólyom
Zsuzsa Ráthonyi
Rita Békés
Judit Halász
Anna Nagy
Zsuzsa Balogh
Judit Zsolnai
Teréz Nagy
Ila Lóth
Géza Pártos
Béla Asztalos
Géza Böszörményi
Lajos Pozsár
András Kozák
Ervin Csomák
Gyula Koltai
György Kézdi
József Madaras
László Balogh
Ilona Petényi
László Sztanó
Mátyás Eörsi
Gabi Bertha
Károly Versits
Gyozo Orgon
István Raits
Gábor Algács
László Bakos
István Balogh
Elek Dániel
Gábor Eross
Mária Egri
Róbert Földeák
Tibor Fülöp
László Haraszti
Lászlóné Haraszti
Pál Hetényi
Péter Huszti
Erzsébet Horeszku
István Kardos
Tibor Kovács Tóth
László Kurucsai
Erzsi Lados
Antal Mészáros
Gyula Nagymarosi
Jozefa Orvos-tóth
Károlyné öhler
János Rubleszky
Zsuzsa Pajzs
Anikó Sáfár
Ida Siménfalvy
József Szentirmai
Mátyás Vargha
Sándorné Várnagy
Klára Zakariás
Crew
László Bánk
János Gonda
János Herskó
Tibor Hranitzky
János Kende
Gustav Mahler
Erzsébet Mialkovszky
György Pintér
János Rózsa
Sándor Sára
István Szabó
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Released in Hungary in December 1966 as Apa.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States August 1967
Released in United States July 1967
Released in United States November 1967
Released in United States on Video July 6, 1999
Released in United States September 28, 1967
Released in United States Winter January 20, 1966
Shown at Locarno Film Festival August 1967.
Shown at London Film Festival November 1967.
Shown at Moscow International Film Festival July 1967.
Shown at New York Film Festival September 28, 1967.
Released in United States Winter January 20, 1966
Released in United States July 1967 (Shown at Moscow International Film Festival July 1967.)
Released in United States on Video July 6, 1999
Released in United States August 1967 (Shown at Locarno Film Festival August 1967.)
Released in United States November 1967 (Shown at London Film Festival November 1967.)
Released in United States September 28, 1967 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 28, 1967.)
