Géza Röhrig
| Géza Röhrig | |
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| Born |
May 11, 1967 Budapest, Hungary |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Alma mater | Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest |
| Occupation | Actor, Poet |
| Religion | Hasidic Judaism |
Géza Röhrig (Hungarian: Röhrig Géza; born May 11, 1967) is a Hungarian actor and poet. He is best known for his role in the 2015 film Son of Saul,[1][2] which won the Grand Prix at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film.
Life and career
Géza Röhrig was born on May 11, 1967, in Budapest, Hungary. In the 1980s, he was the frontman of an underground music band called Huckleberry (also known as HuckRebelly), whose concerts were almost always interrupted by the communist authorities. At university he studied Hungarian and Polish, and after a visit to Auschwitz during a study tour in Poland, he decided to become a Hasidic Jew in Brooklyn. He published two collections of poems on the theme of the Shoah, Hamvasztókönyv (literally "Book of Incineration", 1995) and Fogság ("Captivity", 1997).[3] He graduated from the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest with a degree in filmmaking.[4] He has lived in the Bronx borough of New York City since 2000[5] where he has been a kindergarten teacher[6] and has published many collections of poetry.[7]
Work
Prose
- A Rebbe tollatépett papagája: képzelt haszid történetek (in Hungarian). Budapest: Múlt és Jövő. 1999. ISBN 963-9171-22-0.
Poetry
- Hamvasztókönyv (in Hungarian). Budapest: Múlt és Jövö. 1995. ISBN 963-85295-2-0.
- Fogság (in Hungarian). Budapest: Széphalom Könyvműhely. 1997. ISBN 963-9028-10-X.
- Éj (in Hungarian). Budapest: Széphalom Könyvműhely. 1999. ISBN 963-9028-56-8.
- Sziget (in Hungarian). Budapest: Széphalom Könyvműhely. 2000. ISBN 963-9028-75-4.
- Törvény : [versek] (in Hungarian). Budapest: Múlt és Jövő. 2006. ISBN 963-9512-20-6.[7]
- Honvágy (in Hungarian). Budapest: Múlt és Jövő. 2010. ISBN 978-963-9512-57-3.
Filmography
Film
- 2015: Son of Saul by László Nemes: Saul
Television
- 1989: Közjáték, episode Mrożek: Levélkék (director)[8]
- 1989: Eszmélet by József Madaras, episodes 1 and 2: Attila József[9][10]
- 1990: Armelle by Jacek Lenczowski: Piotr
References
- ↑ "Culture - Saul’s inferno: Searing Holocaust drama stuns Cannes festival". France 24.
- ↑ "Géza Röhrig". IMDb.
- ↑ "Magyar Narancs - Film - "Csak ezt az egy regényt kell megírnom" (Röhrig Géza költő)". magyarnarancs.hu.
- ↑ Szemere Katalin (February 13, 2013). "Kultúra: Élesztő és irodalom - NOL.hu". NOL.hu.
- ↑ Antony Lane, "Deep and Dark," The New Yorker, December 21, 2015: 227
- ↑ Davidzon, Vladislav (May 29, 2015). "The Kindergarten Teacher Who Won Cannes". Tablet.
- 1 2 "Múlt és Jövő Kiadó - Törvény - All Categories - Publishing House". multesjovo.hu.
- ↑ "filmhu - naptár - kategória - klub - FMS Filmfesztivál". magyar.film.hu.
- ↑ "Géza Röhring". IMDb.
- ↑ "Eszmélet". PORT.hu.
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