Szabadság, szerelem (2006)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Krisztina Goda

Writers (WGA):

Joe Eszterhas (screenplay) and
Éva Gárdos (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

6 December 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History | Romance | Sport | War

Plot:

At the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, the Hungarian water polo team faces off against the Russians in what will become known as one of the bloodiest matches in the sport's history.

Cast

Kata Dobó	...	Viki Falk
Iván Fenyö	...	Karcsi Szabó
Sándor Csányi	...	Tibi Vámos
Károly Gesztesi	...	Coach Telki
Ildikó Bánsági	...	Karcsi's Mother
Tamás Jordán	...	Karcsi's Grandfather
Viktória Szávai	...	Eszter Hanák
Zsolt Huszár	...	Jancsi Gál
Tamás Keresztes	...	Imi Ács
Péter Haumann	...	Uncle Feri
Daniel Gabori	...	Józsika
Róbert Marton	...	Márton Karod (Compó)
Kornél Simon	...	Gyula Abonyi (Báró)
Krisztián Kolovratnik	...	Sándor Fazekas (Frank)
Antal Czapkó	...	Prokop

Also Known As:

Children of Glory (International: English title)
Untitled Joe Eszterhas Project (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

Germany:123 min (Berlin International Film Festival)

Country:

Hungary

Language:

Hungarian | Russian | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

UK:15 | Ireland:12A | Sweden:15 | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Budapest, Hungary

Company:

C2

One of the best Hungarian films

This was a very touching film, especially for such a man as me who was only 4 years old at the 1956 revolution against the communist dictatorship supported by the Soviets. After the conquest of this revolution with the help of Soviets a tragic new dictatorship fell over my fatherland for another 33 years which was full with lying and falsification of history. It was terrible to survive this period. Unfortunately the Western countries did not give any help to overcome the Soviet aggressors, although in their feeling they sympathized with our revolution. This film gives some kind of gratification for all of these sad decades. It clearly shows that the truth and the moral victory was on the side of Hungarian revolutionists. Maybe therefore our present post-communist government is not so pleased with this film because they feel that their predecessors played a very brutal role in our history.