The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
Director Sandor Simo based this film on his recollections of a period in his father's life just after World War II. In the film, Janos Torok is a chemist and an entrepreneur With enormous enthusiasm, he gets loans to purchase a small chemical plant and begins experiments to create innovative products, such as hormones. Meanwhile, the communist party has come to dominate Hungarian life in such a way that his activities are viewed as little more than criminal. He is hauled away to a prison camp, but even then his letters home are full of boundless optimism and his ideas for further experiments.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Sándor SimóScreenplay
- Sándor SimóDirector
Cast
- Loránd LohinszkyCast
- István BujtorCast
- Eszter SzakácsCast
- József MadarasCast
- Dezső GarasCast
- Péter AndoraiCast
- Irma PatkósCast
- Judit MeszléryCast
- Györgyi TarjánCast
- Tamás DunaiCast
- Péter HarsányiCast