born february hungarian film director screenwriter opera director internationally famous hungarian filmmaker late 1960s working tradition european films represent political psychological conflicts recent history personal history short film student feature film achieved greatest international success won academy award best foreign language film films international productions filmed variety languages european locations continued films hungarian international productions films hungary uses hungarian talent involved national controversy hungarian newspaper life literature revealed informant communist regime secret police life born son née doctor long line doctors came family jews converted catholicism considered jews hungarian nazis forced separate hide october nazi_germany occupied hungary installed power february soviets defeated german_army survived hiding father died shortly german defeat memories events later appear films hungarian newspaper life literature revealed informant communist regime secret police submitted reports seventy people classmates teachers according historian case informing cause significant damage individual denied passport article published prominent intellectuals including people denounced published letter support initial response article informing act bravery intended save life classmate claim turned true admitted true motive prevent expulsion academy career pre child wanted doctor like father age inspired book hungarian film theorist film director graduation high school applicants admitted academy studied famous director father figure classmates academy directed short films culminating thesis film won prize international short film festival thanks head given opportunity direct feature film age required spend years working assistant director beginning career coincided beginning new wave hungarian cinema new wave cinemas occurred time western eastern_europe eastern european new waves caused political film industries emergence films valuable export western european markets resulting films formally experimental politically anti establishment especially case psychologically films previous generation hungarian filmmakers particular experienced significant increase freedom expression reforms government hungarian films feature film age partly autobiographical film struggles generation starting career encountering older generation establishing romantic relationships appearance poster blows background scene suggested artistic compatibility french new wave film won silver sail best work international film festival special jury prize best director hungarian film festival father coming age story displays increasing fascination history memory main character childhood loss father backdrop hungarian revolution memories dictatorship film won grand prix 5th moscow international film festival special jury prize established internationally famous hungarian filmmaker time european film tradition father appeared number list best hungarian films according group hungarian film critics focuses young man relationship childhood sweetheart told flashbacks include dictatorship rendered experimental fragmented form experimental tendency films reached street began short film dream house takes place course long hot night residents single apartment building plagued dream memories pain loss spanning thirty years including world wars dictatorship communist takeover film won prize upset lack success box office film festivals lack success film complex structure decided film simpler structure tales traded earlier complex narrative structures characterized flashbacks dreams linear time traded literal representation history film follows disparate group people come outskirts unnamed city end unnamed war repair damaged ride city film interpreted critics variously representing hungarian history specifically universal human responses war reconstruction generally length films featured actor roles based appeared feature film contain significant autobiographical material autobiographical film meeting venus eighteen years later successful street box office festivals according author explain shifted gears dramatically film confidence historical events represented filtered memory film focuses relationship man woman forced share room hide end second world war garnered best director award berlin film festival nominated 53rd academy awards international productions featuring films constituted new phase career moving away hungarian productions hungarian written featuring moving international productions german written collaboration featuring austrian actor informal trilogy colonel features series roles based historical figures represented films compromised morals order climb ladder success context authoritarian political power based novel plays actor theater director nazi_germany role based brother law film won academy award best foreign language film award best screenplay cannes film festival greatly increased international prestige colonel plays counter intelligence chief austro hungarian empire espionage russians order prevent revelation homosexuality film won awards germany provoked scandal austria periodicals accused film bringing country plays real life performer growing fame brings increasingly close dangerous contact nazis present trilogy continued international productions filming variety languages european locations continued films hungarian international productions films hungary uses hungarian talent meeting venus english language films directed comedy based experience directing plays hungarian directing opera imaginary pan european opera company encountering multitude symbolize challenges united europe inside joke multinational characters named translations taylor meaning returned strictly hungarian subject time focused contemporary historical social problem film follows young female teachers russian facing specialty fall socialist government variety types sexual harassment new hungary film won prize berlin film festival sunshine hour historical epic english language international production viewed critics ambitious film important hungary jews figured marginal coded fashion earlier films produced socialist period discourse history country jews sunshine time focused explicitly aspect hungarian history experienced child dictatorship plays generations family experience trials twentieth century hungarian jewish history late austro hungarian empire holocaust revolution characters based real people including family successful liquor business olympic jewish police official film won european film awards best screenwriter received rating fresh review aggregator rotten_tomatoes example extremely positive review roger_ebert chicago_sun-times called movie substance thrilling historical sweep new_york_times mixed reaction writing end movie accumulated sufficient power momentum memory earlier shows sympathy characters approaches subject intelligence easy forgive clumsy editing black white sexual family curse taking sides returned thematic territory explored plays real life german conductor investigator collaboration nazis film won awards del film festival argentina including best director julia based novel stars famous british actress experiencing series romantic professional rivalries won golden globe award performance awarded lifetime achievement award 27th moscow international film festival hungarian production based novel political corruption plays newly elected attorney general relatives come looking favors entered 28th moscow international film festival door english language production based hungarian novel relation focuses relationship affluent novelist poor mysterious maid opened 13th international film festival won michael audience award hungarian film festival los frequent collaborators included actors cinematographer themes themes run films common relationship personal political historical personal level feature films deal coming age issues political historical events form backdrop issues continually attempts characters lead private lives interview said mother told nice childhood youth beautiful life destroyed politics history political historical events commonly depicted dominant traumatic events mid-20th century hungarian central european history second world war hungary accurately dictatorship holocaust communist takeover revolution frequently referred theme search security related theme moral individuals order succeed immoral political systems interview said don think life possible making question limits far crosses line compromise starts bad deadly theme dominant trilogy points related collaboration communist secret police closely related theme arts theater music film films famously artists caught conflicts politics role playing identity style early films culminating street influenced french new wave experimentation flashbacks dream sequences unconventional narrative structures built techniques emphasizes films tends invest certain objects places symbolic meaning cars play role films central image plays important role films including scenes danube buildings lived child acting plays key role films values psychological complexity central characters features tended use lead actors consistent focus acting frequently employs long close shots emphasize play emotions faces characters work addition writing directing films served variety capacities film industry including writing directing television movies episodes short films documentaries serving assistant director screenwriter producer actor films directed member jury 6th moscow international film festival directed operas including paris leipzig vienna sisters taught film schools london berlin vienna founding members filmography television appearances documentaries
István Szabó