The Revolt of Job

The Revolt of Job (Hungarian: Jób lázadása) is a 1983 Hungarian film directed by Imre Gyöngyössy and Barna Kabay. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[1]

Lackó is a Hungarian orphan whom a Jewish couple adopts. He lives with the family until the Nazis take the parents away.

Hungary, 1943. An elderly Jewish couple, Jób and Róza, adopt an unruly non-Jewish child (Lackó) to whom they intend to pass on their wealth and knowledge before Nazi oppression engulfs Hungary.

Attending the film's opening in New York City, Gyöngyössy said that he intended the movie "as a message not only between generations but between nations".[2]

## Cast[edit]

Ferenc Zenthe and Hédi Temessy

* Ferenc Zenthe (Jób)
* Hédi Temessy (Róza)
* Péter Rudolf (Jani)
* Léticia Cano (Ilka)
* István Verebes (Rabbi hangja)
* László Gálffi (Cirkuszos)
* Gábor Fehér (Lackó)
* Nóra Görbe (Ilka hangja)
* András Ambrus (Ügyvéd)
* Sándor Oszter (Árvaház igazgatója)
* Péter Blaskó (Fiatal szomszéd)
* Flóra Kádár

## See also[edit]

* List of submissions to the 56th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Hungarian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

## References[edit]

1. ^ "The 56th Academy Awards (1984) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-10-27.
2. ^ Mydans, Seth (27 May 1984). "Hungary's Wartime Anguish is Relived Through 'The Revolt of Job'". The New York Times.

## External links[edit]

* The Revolt of Job at IMDb

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Hungarian submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

1960–1980|

* Twenty Hours (1965)
* The Round-Up (1966)
* Father (1967)
* The Boys of Paul Street (1968)
* The Upthrown Stone (1969)
* Lovefilm (1970)
* Love (1971)
* Present Indicative (1972)
* Photography (1973)
* Cats' Play (1974)
* Adoption (1975)
* The Fifth Seal (1976)
* A Strange Role (1977)
* Hungarians (1978)
* Angi Vera (1979)
* Bizalom (1980)

1981–2000|

* Mephisto (1981)
* Time Stands Still (1982)
* The Revolt of Job (1983)
* Yerma (1984)
* Colonel Redl (1985)
* Cat City (1986)
* Diary for My Lovers (1987)
* Hanussen (1988)
* My 20th Century (1989)
* Little but Tough (1990)
* Brats (1991)
* Sweet Emma, Dear Böbe (1992)
* We Never Die (1993)
* Woyzeck (1994)
* The Outpost (1995)
* Vaska Easoff (1996)
* The Witman Boys (1997)
* Gypsy Lore (1998)
* The Lord's Lantern in Budapest (1999)
* Glamour (2000)

2001–2020|

* Abandoned (2001)
* Hukkle (2002)
* Forest (2003)
* Kontroll (2004)
* Fateless (2005)
* White Palms (2006)
* Taxidermia (2007)
* Iska's Journey (2008)
* Chameleon (2009)
* Bibliothèque Pascal (2010)
* The Turin Horse (2011)
* Just the Wind (2012)
* The Notebook (2013)
* White God (2014)
* Son of Saul (2015)
* Kills on Wheels (2016)
* On Body and Soul (2017)
* Sunset (2018)
* Those Who Remained (2019)
* Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (2020)

2021–present|

* Post Mortem (2021)
* Blockade (2022)
* Four Souls of Coyote (2023)

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