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The Revolt of Job
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Wikipedia article
'The Revolt of Job' is a 1983 Hungarian film directed by Imre Gyngyssy and Barna Kabay. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Lack is a Hungarian orphan whom a Jewish couple adopts. He lives with the family until the Nazis take the parents away.
Hungary, 1943. An elderly Jewish couple, Jb and Rza, adopt an unruly non-Jewish child (Lack) to whom they intend to pass on their wealth and knowledge before Nazi oppression engulfs Hungary.
Attending the film's opening in New York City, Gyngyssy said that he intended the movie "as a message not only between generations but between nations".
Cast
* Ferenc Zenthe (Jb)
* Hdi Temessy (Rza)
* Pter Rudolf (Jani)
* Lticia Cano (Ilka)
* Istvn Verebes (Rabbi hangja)
* Lszl Glffi (Cirkuszos)
* Gbor Fehr (Lack)
* Nra Grbe (Ilka hangja)
* Andrs Ambrus (gyvd)
* Sndor Oszter (rvahz igazgatja)
* Pter Blask (Fiatal szomszd)
* Flra Kdr
See also
* List of submissions to the 56th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Hungarian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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