Father

Name: Father
Director: István Szabó
Released: 1966
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: András Bálint, Miklós Gábor, Dániel Erdély, Kati Sólyom, Klári Tolnay

1966 · 88 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 1,149 VOTES · DIR. István Szabó

Overview

The beginning shows Hungary devastated by the war and the postwar reconstruction with its communist government. Our hero (played first by Dániel Erdély and later, as a young man, by András Bálint) is clearly determined to find out what he can about his father who died young. All he knows is that he was a doctor and perhaps he was an honored victim of fascism. He never really finds out but his relationship with his mother, his friends and his Jewish girlfriend will make him totally independent of this need to find all about Apa or Father.

Dialogue Timeline — 655 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:04 FATHER A Diary of Faith

00:06:18 he is allowed to wear Father's watch for the afternoon, but not to wind it up.

00:11:10 "Hurrah! Long live Sándor PetÕfi!"

00:14:24 Idiots, all of you! The teacher was my father's best friend!

00:20:19 Was your father a partisan?

00:26:40 Stand up.

00:32:10 - Now? - Now.

00:33:57 Did they fulfill all your wishes?

00:35:28 - And do you want to marry this man? - I do.

00:37:35 - Why don't you believe us? - I do, but it isn't that simple.

00:40:10 - Does it still hurt? - Not anymore.

00:44:05 Look, a team pin.

00:47:42 What an idiot!

00:53:10 By the time he finally made up his mind, it was too late.

00:58:41 Let's try it again. Here we go.

01:02:07 I suppose he was just trying to save his skin.

01:04:21 And I keep having to repeat it:

01:06:53 Will you let me have that boy, Doctor?

01:13:27 - What if he doesn't want to marry me? - Then I'll have a talk with him.

01:16:20 It keeps the patient sound asleep throughout the operation.

01:18:10 Of course it wasn't true, but he'd just keep talking and talking.

01:20:56 He saw me in front of the hospital.

01:25:09 Some of the details were true, but I no longer remember which ones.

01:28:48 THE END

Cast & Characters

András Bálint Takó Bence Miklós Gábor Apa Dániel Erdély Tako as a child Kati Sólyom Anni Klári Tolnay Anya Zsuzsa Ráthonyi The young Anya Ilona Petényi Rita Békés Judit Halász Anna Nagy

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed655

Dialogue density7.4 lines / min

First line00:00:04

Final line01:28:48

Production Record

DirectorIstván Szabó

LanguageHU

IMDb votes1,149