Portrait of a Champion
1977 · 92 MIN · IMDB 8.6 · 35 VOTES · DIR. Ferenc Kósa
Overview
This Hungarian documentary explores the life and career of Olympic Pentathlon champion Andras Balczo. After winning five gold medals in the event, he retired at age 34. He was offered lucrative positions as a coach in many countries but elected to remain in Hungary, despite the fact that he was never permitted to train anyone there.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,177 lines
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00:00:09 Portrait of a Champion
00:05:21 Because one can live without victory, but one should not
00:09:33 And the three Hungarian boys are happily celebrating on the podium.
00:13:12 It is clear that the sport is only just a kind of game.
00:17:25 I've never felt inhibited like this when facing other competitors.
00:22:15 the whole cheering.
00:25:35 Every time I met with Vivaldi or József Attila, we
00:28:44 This one and this one also. I was flying towards myself.
00:32:47 And one of the captives says that ...
00:36:14 and the opponents hardly.
00:42:49 There's no such thing.
00:45:31 You have to talk to them like this.
00:48:31 After the voting the secretary told me that
00:51:56 Unprincipled agreements are made.
00:55:43 a phrase from József Attila:
00:59:40 love and soberness."
01:03:38 There was a man and a woman at the side of the road walking to Szerencs.
01:07:56 But I always wanted to get reborn somehow.
01:12:29 This is a real shelter.
01:15:46 I think that such a behavior is a greater curse than the
01:19:17 And all the people with ulterior motives would disappear from their side.
01:23:05 In pentathlon the interest of the team is equal to the individual's interest.
01:26:37 We suddenly understood that it is very hard to find in the world
01:29:38 We are going to shoot the end of the movie next time.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,177
Dialogue density12.8 lines / min
First line00:00:09
Final line01:29:38
Production Record
DirectorFerenc Kósa
LanguageHU
IMDb votes35