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 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.

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 ...

1 day ago · Why the name László Tóth matters. While the character of László Tóth in The Brutalist is a composite of Breuer and Goldfinger, the name itself carries a curious historical weight. It’s associated with a Hungarian-born geologist who gained notoriety in 1972 for vandalizing Michelangelo's Pietà in Vatican City.

Dec 21, 2024 · Architect László Toth and his wife Erzsébet flee Europe in 1947, seeking a fresh start in America. Their fate shifts after meeting a wealthy, enigmatic client.

Feb 8, 2025 · The stories of László and Erzsébet are intense and believable, so it is easy to assume that László is an unsung genius of the twentieth century. Theatergoers who walked out of The Brutalist and searched the internet for the historical story of …

Jan 29, 2025 · The Brutalist tells the story of jewish Hungarian architect László Tóth who flees to America in the aftermath of World War Two, leaving his wife behind.

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

Dec 19, 2024 · The Brutalist chronicles the life of visionary architect László Tóth as he arrives in America to rebuild his life after escaping Hungary. (Lol Crawley)

Dec 11, 2006 · And it turns out Toth's attack was more than just an act of demented cultural terrorism: the restorers who worked on the Pietà afterwards discovered that Michelangelo had inscribed his initial...