movie backdrop
Father

Father

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew
  • Recommendations

Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 8, 1966

Runtime

1h 28m

Genres

Drama

User Score

66%

Original Title

Apa

Production Companies

Mafilm

Director

István Szabó

Description

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.