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.
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Title: Children of Glory (2006)
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| Kata Dobó | ... | Falk Viki | |
| Iván Fenyö | ... | Szabó Karcsi | |
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Sándor Csányi | ... | Vámos Tibi |
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Károly Gesztesi | ... | Telki edzõ |
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Ildikó Bánsági | ... | Karcsi anyja |
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Tamás Jordán | ... | Karcsi nagyapja |
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Viktória Szávai | ... | Hanák Eszter |
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Zsolt Huszár | ... | Gál Jancsi |
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Tamás Keresztes | ... | Ács Imi |
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Péter Haumann | ... | Feri bácsi |
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Daniel Gabori | ... | Józsika (as Gábori Dániel) |
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Róbert Marton | ... | Kardos Márton (Compó) |
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Kornél Simon | ... | Abonyi Gyula (Báró) |
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Krisztián Kolovratnik | ... | Fazekas Sándor (Frank) |
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Antal Czapkó | ... | Prokop |
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Children of Glory will commemorate Hungary's heroic Revolution of 1956, and takes place in Budapest and at the Melbourne Olympic Games in October and November of that year. While Soviet tanks were destroying Hungary, the Hungarian water polo team was winning over the Soviets in the Olympic pool in Melbourne, in what has been described as the bloodiest water polo match in history. Written by Anonymous
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Szabó Karcsi: Looking for you.
Falk Viki: I'm not here for you.
Szabó Karcsi: Why not? You don't know what I'm like.
Falk Viki: Here. Carry it.
[offers him the flag but he doesn't take it]
Falk Viki: See? That's what you're like.
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Several members of the real 2000/2004/2008 Olympic champion Hungarian Waterpolo team portray Hungarian and Soviet players in the movie: Bulcsú Székely, Péter Biros, Zoltán Szécsi, Gergely Kiss, István Gergely, Attila Vári. See more »Goofs
When Karcsi and Tibi are walking on the street at the beginning of the movie, just back from Russia, we can see the Nagyvásárcsarnok (Grand Market Hall) in the background. In fact this building has been severely damaged in World War 2 and was little more than a ruin in 1956. It has only been restored in the 1990s. See more »Quotes
Falk Viki: What are you doing here?Szabó Karcsi: Looking for you.
Falk Viki: I'm not here for you.
Szabó Karcsi: Why not? You don't know what I'm like.
Falk Viki: Here. Carry it.
[offers him the flag but he doesn't take it]
Falk Viki: See? That's what you're like.
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HungaryRelease Date:
6 December 2006 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$71,446Company Credits
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As an American living in Hungary, I thoroughly enjoyed this film and hope that many of my friends living in the states will see it to better understand the Hungarian culture.
As always in a film, there were a few liberties taken with historical facts, but these were not huge and did not destroy the film. It was particularly timely with the riots this year in the streets of Budapest. The courage displayed and the sense of hope in a seemingly hopeless situation made the film especially poignant.
A film worth seeing. I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in European history, courage, and Hungarians.