The Revolt of Job

  • Ferenc Zenthe: Jób
  • Hedi Temessy: Roza
  • Gábor Fehér: Lackó
  • Heinrich Starhemberg Rabbi Mandele
  • Léticia Cano: Ilka
  • Péter Rudolf: Jani
  • László Gálffi: Circus Artist
  • Ferenc Bencze: Günther
  • Sándor Oszter: director of the orphanage
  • András Ambrus: lawyer
  • Léda Forgó: Kati
  • Éva Szabó: young neighbor
  • Péter Blaskó: young neighbor

Job's revolt is a Hungarian- German drama film by Imre Gyöngyössy and Barna Kabay from the year 1983. In the GDR, he was entitled Job rebels.

Action

Hungary in 1943: The Jewish- Hasidic couple Jób and Roza adopted the orphan boy Lackó, which is Christ. Because Jews may adopt no more Christians at the time the papers on the 1938 be backdated. Shepherd Jób are two calves for the boy. Lackó again proves itself in the orphanage as stubborn, unruly and not very willing to come up with the two. Jób sees this as a sign from God: A Spark of one of the calves must be jumped on Lackó to show Jób the right boy. Lackó is to survive as opposed to the parents and carry on the spirit and faith of the family. All seven pairs of children have already died before their time and the anti-Semitism is now felt in Hungary. Among the Jews of the village of jobs pushes procedure disapproval and the rabbi Mandele accused him of blasphemy.

Lackó grew up with no knowledge of God. Curious, he watched the preparations for the Sabbath and later the prayers that are alien to him. Since Jób explained to him that God is in everything, even in frogs, Lackó goes with neighbor Kati frogs begin to make his father happy. The circus comes to the village and the residents see here for the first time a film: the frozen child is a child who collapses in the icy winter at his parents' grave. Some viewers are moved to tears, while others are outraged that they have to pay money for bad feelings. Hardly anyone can recognize the illusion of the film. Maid servant Ilka and turn Jani who work on jobs yard, sleep in the night together, supposedly because the film has jumbled them. Both love each other a long time and be married shortly thereafter by the priest of the place.

Jób and Lackó meet one day on the monk Günther, who begins to instruct the boy in religion. Jób begins again one day to pray for Lackó. When it rains the next morning, Jób is overjoyed, but he believes that God is such that he has heard his prayers. All the more staggering is the discovery that Lackó is ill with diphtheria. Two children Jobs died of the disease and he and Roza praying desperately that God does not even take them to her eighth child. Lackó is healthy, which also feels the Jewish community of the village as a blessing. Numerous neighbors appear and bring gifts. Jób gets drunk, as he has done it before only to his wedding. Lackó is now more frequently prepared by his parents for the approaching parting from each other. He does not understand why his parents will soon no longer be there. One day pass Jób and Roza for her son a feast at which they take leave of him. Lackó receives his father, which he has once promised him for the time the knife when it was large. The next day pack the parents while Lackó ailing. When he wakes up, he finds himself in a new house again. The pregnant Ilka and Jani are with him and offer him that he will live with them in the future. The house Jób bought them. Lackó runs to his old house to which a Jewish star is painted. His parents are there, wear the star and make Lackó clear that they no longer want to see him. Lackó is offended and leaves. He wanders through the area and see how deserters to be shot. Shortly after rolling cattle cars through the village. His girlfriend Kati is deported. On one of the cars sit his parents, who try not to look at him. Lackó runs after the car and climbed it. Jób sets him off and pointed out to him that he had told him that he should wait for the arrival of the Messiah and must therefore remain. Lackó runs alone through the area and calls for the Messiah.

Production

Job's revolt originated in German - Hungarian co-production, so were the German side ZDF and the Macropos film and the Star - film Martin Moszkowicz involved from Munich. The costumes created Gábor Csiszár, Sári Füzy and Anna Indig, the Filmbauten come from Vilmos Nagy. Job's revolt witnessed on 1 December 1983 in Hungary its premiere. He ran on March 11, 1984 for the first time on ZDF in German TV and was born on 12 April 1985 in the GDR cinemas. On 4 April 1986, the film was shown at DFF 2 on television of the GDR.

Criticism

For the filmdienst Job's revolt was a " moody, equally realistic and poetically crafted time image that makes abundantly clear that religious and human values ​​are essential for the preservation of life and human dignity. " " In compositions of peace and security the camera work and the quality declining at any point brilliant insistence of the image guide examines the film for my limited knowledge circle has no equal, " Rupert Neudeck wrote in medium. " Moving, poetic and realistic ," Cinema summarized.

Award

Job's revolt in 1984, nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar in the category in which it was submitted as a contribution to the Hungarian Academy.

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