János Görbe :hu:Görbe János was a prominent Hungarian actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 of film and theater. He was the father of actress Nóra Görbe

Nóra Görbe

Nóra Görbe is a Hungarian actress, singer and pop icon.-Life:She is the daughter of legendary film actor János Görbe.She considered becoming a ballet dancer before turning to acting....

 (:hu:Görbe Nóra) of the popular 80's TV series "Linda".
During his career he worked with some of the most prominent Hungarian directors, such as Károly Makk, Miklós Jancsó

Miklós Jancsó

Miklós Jancsó is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter.Jancsó achieved international prominence from the mid-1960s onwards, with works including The Round Up , The Red and the White and Red Psalm .Jancsó's films are characterized by visual stylization,...

 or Zoltán Fábri

Zoltán Fábri

Zoltán Fábri was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His films The Boys of Paul Street and Hungarians were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film....

. His most famous films include the Cannes

Cannes

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 contestant The Round-Up (1965 film)

The Round-Up (1965 film)

The Round-Up is a 1965 Hungarian film directed by Miklós Jancsó. It was well-received in its home country, and was its director's first film to receive international acclaim.-Plot:...

 by Jancsó or :hu:Föltámadott a tenger in which he played Hungary's national poet and hero Sándor Petőfi

Sándor Petofi

Sándor Petőfi , was a Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary. He is considered as Hungary's national poet and he was one of the key figures of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848...

 who perished in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848

Hungarian Revolution of 1848

The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many of the European Revolutions of 1848 and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas...

 against the Habsburgs.

His movies Ház a sziklák alatt (The House Under the Rocks by Makk, 1959), Húsz óra by Fábri (Twenty Hours

Twenty Hours

Twenty Hours is a 1965 Hungarian drama film directed by Zoltán Fábri. The film was selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 38th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.-Cast:* Antal Páger as Elnök Jóska...

, 1965), Ének a búzamezőkről (1947), and Emberek a Havason (People on the Alps/Men on the Mountain, 1942) are also important pieces of Hungarian and international cinematic legacy.

Although apolitical

Apolitical

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 all his life, he recited Petőfi poems to the cheering crowd in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 against the USSR, standing on the balcony of Debrecen Theater.

In the history of Hungarian theater, he was the most applauded "Tiborc" in János Katona's Bánk bán

Bánk bán

Bánk bán is an opera in 3 Acts by composer Ferenc Erkel. The work uses a Hungarian language libretto by Béni Egressy which is based on a stage play of the same name by József Katona. The main storyline is based on the assassination of Queen Gertrúd, wife of Andrew II in 1213...

. The role of Bánk was played by his The Round-Up (1965 film)

The Round-Up (1965 film)

The Round-Up is a 1965 Hungarian film directed by Miklós Jancsó. It was well-received in its home country, and was its director's first film to receive international acclaim.-Plot:...

 co-star Zoltán Latinovits

Zoltán Latinovits

Zoltán Latinovits was a Hungarian actor, arguably the most significant one of the twentieth century.-Early life:...

.

Görbe won a Kossuth Prize

Kossuth Prize

The Kossuth Prize is a state-sponsored award in Hungary, named after the Hungarian politician and revolutionary Lajos Kossuth. The Prize was established in 1948 by the Hungarian National Assembly, to acknowledge outstanding personal and group achievements in the fields of...

 in 1951 - Hungary

Hungary

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's most important prize for an artist.

External links

Görbe's page on Imdb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0351405/

Photo with Margit Bara

Margit Bara

Margit Bara is a Hungarian film actress. She appeared in 25 films between 1956 and 1975.-Selected filmography:* Drama of the Lark * A Cozy Cottage * Jacob, the Liar -External links:...

: :hu:Fájl:Görbe János és Bara Margit - Ház a szikl%C3%A1k alatt.jpg

Görbe's page on Port.hu: http://www.port.hu/pls/pe/person.person?i_pers_id=3724&i_direction=2&i_city_id=3372&i_county_id=-1