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Writer:
Colin K. Gray (writer)
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Release Date:
7 September 2006 (Hungary) more
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. | add synopsis
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Tribeca dispatch #5
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Amazing story about patriotism and a country's struggle for freedom more (4 total)

Cast

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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)
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Runtime:
Germany:90 min (European Film Market)
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42 out of 44 people found the following comment useful.
Amazing story about patriotism and a country's struggle for freedom, 12 June 2006
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Author: Jeff Beachnau (beachna9@msu.edu) from Omena, Michigan

Very interesting documentary about the Hungarian water polo team that defeated the Soviet Union in the semi finals of the 1956 Olympics, and the Hungarian uprising against the Soviets that was going on at the same time. I had no idea any of this took place, so it was a very informative documentary. All of the surviving Hungarian team members were interviewed as well as some of the Soviet members and they told about their experiences before, during, and after the match.

It was well made and well edited, the film-making did a great job with all of the material they had to go through to put it together.

Produced by Lucy Liu and Quentin Tarantino and narrated by world famous swimmer Mark Spitz, I hope this film gets a wider release so that many people can learn about this amazing story.

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