Laszlo Toth (Hungarian: Tóth László; born 1 July 1938) is a Hungarian-born Australian geologist. He achieved worldwide notoriety when he vandalised Michelangelo's Pietà statue on 21 May 1972. He was not charged with a criminal offence after the incident, but was hospitalized in …

Jan 4, 2025 · László Toth is at the center of the plot as a Hungarian-Jewish architect and a Holocaust survivor who flees to America with his wife, Erzsébet, to start life anew. He finds patronage under Harrison Van Buren, the wealthy industrialist who commissions his first project of great design. Nonetheless, the road ahead remains a tumultuous one for ...

Jan 19, 2025 · The protagonist of the 2024 film The Brutalist is brilliant architect László Toth, who leaves Hungary in the aftermath of the Holocaust to rebuild his life in the United States. While Toth never existed, his character is based on two great Jewish Hungarian pioneer architects: Marcel Breuer and Ernő Goldfinger.

Hungarian-Jewish Holocaust survivor László Tóth, forcibly separated from his wife and orphaned niece after being sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp, emigrates to the United States. A Bauhaus -trained architect, László stays in Philadelphia with his cousin, Attila, and Audrey, Attila's Catholic wife, while he looks for work.

Jan 19, 2025 · After sitting with László Tóth (Adrien Brody)'s epic journey for 215 minutes in Brady Corbet’s film, it certainly seems like The Brutalist is based on true events—it's utterly convincing ...

Dec 21, 2024 · Adrien Brody's character, László Tóth, is a completely fictional figure, though the film is so well-constructed that he feels alive.

Dec 20, 2024 · Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones play László and Erzsébet Tóth, Hungarian Holocaust survivors building a new life in midcentury Pennsylvania.

Dec 23, 2024 · László, a Holocaust survivor who arrives in America at the start of the film, is commissioned to build the community center by his wealthy patron, Harrison Lee Van Buren (Guy Pearce).

Dec 18, 2024 · Toth, played by Adrien Brody, finds his way to Philadelphia and a cousin who tells him his wife and niece have been found. They're alive. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "THE BRUTALIST")

Laszlo Toth (Hungarian: Tóth László; born 1 July 1938) is a Hungarian-born Australian geologist. He achieved worldwide notoriety when he vandalised Michelangelo 's Pietà statue on 21 May 1972. He was not charged with a criminal offence after the incident, but was hospitalized in …