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Zoltán Fábri

Zoltán Fábri

Director · 1917–1994 · Budapest, Hungary

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Biography

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. 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.

Directed 22

1980s

  1. 1983

    The Housewarming

    Director

  2. 1982

    Requiem

    Director

  3. 1980

    Bálint Fábián Meets God

    Director

1970s

  1. 1978

    Hungarians

    Director

  2. 1976

    The Fifth Seal

    Director

  3. 1975

    141 Minutes from the Unfinished Sentence

    Director

  4. 1973

    Plus-Minus One Day

    Director

  5. 1971

    Ants' Nest

    Director

1960s

  1. 1969

    The Tóth Family

    Director

  2. The Boys of Paul Street

    Director

  3. 1967

    Late Season

    Director

  4. 1965

    Twenty Hours

    Director

  5. 1963

    Darkness in Daytime

    Director

  6. 1961

    Two Half-Times in Hell

    Director

  7. The Brute

    Director

1950s

  1. 1958

    Sweet Anna

    Director

  2. 1957

    Summer Clouds

    Director

  3. 1956

    Professor Hannibal

    Director

  4. Merry-Go-Round

    Director

  5. 1954

    Fourteen Lives

    Director

  6. 1952

    The Storm

    Director

  7. 1951

    Underground Colony

    Director

Wrote 15

1980s

  1. 1983

    The Housewarming

    Screenplay

  2. 1982

    Requiem

    Screenplay

  3. 1980

    Bálint Fábián Meets God

    Screenplay

1970s

  1. 1978

    Hungarians

    Writer

  2. 1976

    The Fifth Seal

    Writer

  3. 1973

    Plus-Minus One Day

    Screenplay

  4. 1971

    Ants' Nest

    Writer

1960s

  1. 1969

    The Tóth Family

    Screenplay

  2. The Boys of Paul Street

    Writer

  3. 1963

    Darkness in Daytime

    Writer

  4. 1961

    Two Half-Times in Hell

    Writer

  5. The Brute

    Writer

1950s

  1. 1958

    Sweet Anna

    Writer

  2. 1956

    Professor Hannibal

    Writer

  3. Merry-Go-Round

    Writer

Art department 7

1960s

  1. 1963

    Darkness in Daytime

    Production Design

  2. 1961

    Two Half-Times in Hell

    Production Design

1950s

  1. 1958

    Sweet Anna

    Production Design

  2. 1957

    Summer Clouds

    Production Design

  3. 1956

    Merry-Go-Round

    Production Design

  4. 1952

    Erkel

    Production Design

  5. 1951

    Mrs. Déry

    Production Design

Acted in 2

1970s

  1. 1979

    The Witness

    Zoltán Dániel

1960s

  1. 1969

    Binding Sentiments

    Movie