Freedom's Fury (2006)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Directors:

Colin K. Gray
Megan Raney

Writer:

Colin K. Gray (writer)

Release Date:

7 September 2006 (Hungary)

Genre:

Documentary | Sport

Tagline:

One team. One country. One chance for revenge.

Plot:

A documentary on the 1956 Olympic semifinal water polo match between Hungary and Russia. Held in Australia, the match occurred as Russian forces were in Budapest, stomping out a popular revolt. |

Plot Keywords:

Cold War | Hungary | Interview | Olympic Athlete | Water Polo

Cast

Viktor Ageyev	...	Himself
Antal Bolvari	...	Himself
János Bük	...	Himself
Sándor Csoóri	...	Himself
Dwight D. Eisenhower	...	Himself (archive footage)
Mikhail Gorbachev	...	Himself (archive footage)
James Green	...	Himself
Dezso Gyarmati	...	Himself
Judith Gyenes	...	Herself
István Hevesi	...	Himself
Adolf Hitler	...	Himself (archive footage)
Richard Holbrooke	...	Himself
Bob Horn	...	Himself
Laszlo Jenei	...	Himself
János Kádár	...	Himself (archive footage)
Janos Kapcsos	...	Himself
György Kárpáti	...	Himself
Nikita Khrushchev	...	Himself (archive footage)
Sergei Khrushchev	...	Himself
Béla Király	...	Himself
Ferenc Kósa	...	Himself (as Ferenc Kosa)
Bela Liptak	...	Himself
Pál Maléter	...	Himself (archive footage)
Boris Markarov	...	Himself
Kalman Markovits	...	Himself
Nick Martin	...	Himself
Kati Marton	...	Herself
Joseph McCarthy	...	Himself (archive footage)
Imre Mécs	...	Himself (as Imre Mecs)
Adam Meir	...	Voice of S. Racz / I. Hevesi / Y. Shalyapin / J. Kapcsos
Joseph Miko	...	Himself
Pyotr Mshvenieradze	...	Himself
Imre Nagy	...	Himself (archive footage)
Jozsef Nagy	...	Himself
Karoly Nagy	...	Himself
Laszlo Papp	...	Himself
Bela Pomogats	...	Himself
Imre Pozsgay	...	Himself
Sándor Rácz	...	Himself (as Sandor Racz)
Mátyás Rákosi	...	Himself (archive footage)
Yuri Shlyapin	...	Himself
Mark Spitz	...	Narrator
Joseph Stalin	...	Himself (archive footage)
Alex Tarics	...	Himself
Peter Ueberroth	...	Himself
Edith Vasarhelyi	...	Herself
Mickey Watkins	...	Herself
Mária Wittner	...	Herself (as Maria Wittner)
Ervin Zádor	...	Himself (as Ervin Zador)

Runtime:

Germany:90 min (European Film Market)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Hungarian

Company:

WOLO Entertainment

As one who took part in the Hungarian Revolution in 1956 I feel...

Hello and greetings to all of you visiting this preview...

As one who took part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and have studied the cause and aftermath thereof, I find the film is an excellent retelling of the events of those days. What makes it specifically valuable, that it was created by non-Hungarians, young Americans without bias Hungarians might have had. The outside onlookers, a far later generation with the objectivity of the time lapsed since, who had to do a lot of research and studying.

This film is considered by many, historians and participants alike, as one of the most historically accurate documentations of the events leading up to the revolution, and the days thereafter.

The underlying story of the Melbourne Olympic Water polo "fight" between Hungarians and Russians while the first war between Socialist Countries, Hungary and Russia was still being fought in Hungary, gives it a social value, interest created by the sport, without emphasizing the street-fights and killings.

To see and hear Mark Spitz at the Los Angeles showing of the film was an extra great bonus. I sure hope, it will be available very soon on DVD.

Colin Gray and Megan started to work on this project about five years ago, with the hope to complete the film for the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight.

They did succeed, and congratulations and "Thank you" is well deserved and in order from all of us, who were part of that Revolution, to all of those who helped create the film.