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8.0 1h 29m

My Father's Happy Years

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.

Top Cast

  • Loránd Lohinszky

    Loránd Lohinszky

  • István Bujtor

    István Bujtor

  • Eszter Szakács

    Eszter Szakács

  • József Madaras

    József Madaras

  • Dezső Garas

    Dezső Garas

  • Péter Andorai

    Péter Andorai

  • Irma Patkós

    Irma Patkós

  • Judit Meszléry

    Judit Meszléry

  • Györgyi Tarján

    Györgyi Tarján

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.

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