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Director
Zoltán Fábri
- Born October 16, 1917 in Budapest, Hungary
- Died August 23, 1994
Zoltán Fábri (born Zoltán Furtkovics; 15 October 1917 – 23 August 1994) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. After graduating from the Hungarian College of Fine Arts, Fábri began in the local film industry as a production designer, and directed his first film in 1951. His third feature, Merry Go Round (1956), brought him international acclaim. Fábri's style can be described mainly as 'classical', utilising academic techniques of art filmmaking.
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His greatest influences were Italian Neorealism and French Poetic Realism, he experimented with narrative and flashback technique in the 1960s–particularly with Darkness in Daytime (1963) and Twenty Hours (1965)–and The Fifth Seal (1976), the latter containing some highly surrealist scenes.
Known for
The Fifth Seal1976
The Witness1979
The Boys of Paul Street1969
Professor Hannibal1956
Two Half-Times in Hell1961
Merry-Go-Round1956
The Tóth Family1969
Requiem1982
Filmography
- 1983The HousewarmingFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1982RequiemFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1980Bálint Fábián Meets GodFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1979The WitnessFilmZoltán Dániel
- 1978HungariansFilmDirector, Writer
- 1976The Fifth SealFilmDirector, Writer
- 1975141 Minutes from the Unfinished SentenceFilmDirector
- 1973Plus-Minus One DayFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1971Ants' NestFilmDirector, Writer
- 1969The Boys of Paul StreetFilmDirector, Writer
- 1969The Tóth FamilyFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 1969Binding SentimentsFilm
- 1967Late SeasonFilmDirector
- 1965Twenty HoursFilmDirector
- 1963Darkness in DaytimeFilmDirector, Writer, Production Design
- 1961Two Half-Times in HellFilmDirector, Writer, Production Design
- 1961The BruteFilmDirector, Writer
- 1958Sweet AnnaFilmDirector, Writer, Production Design
- 1957Summer CloudsFilmDirector, Production Design
- 1956Professor HannibalFilmDirector, Writer
- 1956Merry-Go-RoundFilmDirector, Writer, Production Design
- 1954Fourteen LivesFilmDirector
- 1952ErkelFilmProduction Design
- 1952The StormFilmDirector
- 1951Underground ColonyFilmDirector
- 1951Mrs. DéryFilmProduction Design