Zoltán Fábri

Zoltán Fábri (1917, Budapest–1994, Budapest) studied design at the Academy of Fine Arts and acting at the Academy of Dramatic Art. He began his career as a theatre designer, actor, and later director. His first film as a director was the village drama The Storm (Vihar). Selected filmography (except for TV): the drama of a man who gave in to the pressure of his conformist surroundings Hannibal tanár úr (1956); the psychological drama Darkness in Daytime (Nappali sötétség, 1963); the political drama Twenty Hours (Húsz óra, 1965, Grand prix ex aequo at the 4th IFF in Moscow); in Americo-Hungarian co-production, a transcription of Ferenc Molnár's novel The Boys of Paul Street (Pál-utcai fiúk, 1969); a drama about the fates of women behind the gates of a cloister Ant Hill (Hangyaboly, 1971); adaptations of two novels by József Balázs: Hungarians (Magyarok, 1977); and Balint Fabian Meets God (Fábián Bálint találkozása Istennel, 1980, Prize for Best Male Performance at the 8th IFF in New Delhi).

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