My Father's Happy Years
6.5
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.
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Cast
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Loránd Lohinszky
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István Bujtor
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Sándor Simó
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Eszter Szakács
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József Madaras
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Dezső Garas
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Péter Andorai
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Irma Patkós
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Judit Meszléry
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Györgyi Tarján
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Tamás Dunai
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Angi Vera
Péter Harsányi
Sándor Simó Director · Éva Kármentő Editor
First release February 28, 1977 · Produced in Hungary · Original title Apám néhány boldog éve
Production
Hunnia Filmstúdió
Production
Hungary
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Original title
Apám néhány boldog éve
Original language
Hungarian
Spoken on screen
Hungarian
Release dates
Hungary · February 28, 1977
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
February 1, 1978 · Berlin International Film Festival
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