My Father's Happy Years

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 28, 1977

Original language

Hungarian

Spoken languages

Hungarian

Countries

Hungary

Cast

József Madaras,Eszter Szakács,Irma Patkós,Judit Meszléry,Györgyi Tarján,Loránd Lohinszky,Péter Andorai,Péter Harsányi,Tamás Dunai,Dezső Garasand 1 more

Director

Sándor Simó

Writer

Sándor Simó

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0075693