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Children of Glory
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Wikipedia article
'Children of Glory' , is a 2006 film directed by Krisztina Goda. Children of Glory commemorates Hungary's Revolution of 1956 and the "Blood in the Water" match. Taking place in Budapest and at the Melbourne Olympic Games in October and November of that year, the film takes viewers into the passion and sadness of one of the most dramatic popular revolts of the twentieth century. In the same year Soviet tanks were violently suppressing the Revolution within Hungary, the Hungarian water polo team was winning over Russia in the Olympic pool in Melbourne, in what is sometimes described as the bloodiest water polo match in history. While telling the story of 1956 in part through fictional lead characters, the film-makers simultaneously recreated many of the key public events of the Revolution, including the huge demonstrations and the fighting in the streets of Budapest.
Plot summary
In 1956, Karcsi Szab (Ivn Feny) was a star athlete at the University of Budapest and had been named captain of the national water polo team that would represent Hungary in the Olympics held that summer in Australia. However, many of Szab's countrymen had more on their minds; Hungary had fallen under the oppressive rule of the Soviet Union, and a growing number of Hungarians were demanding independence. One day, Szab and his friend Tibi (Sndor Csnyi) witness a demonstration led by Viki Falk (Kata Dob) demanding an end to Soviet rule in Hungary.
While initially Szab is more attracted to Falk's beauty than her message, through his attempts to woo her he is awakened to the need for revolution; however, an uprising by the people is crushed by the Soviet war machine, and matters become worse for the Hungarian people. When Szab and his teammates discover that Hungary will be competing against the Soviet Union in the men's Water Polo tournament at the upcoming Olympics, they see an opportunity for a symbolic victory over their oppressors . . . if they will be allowed to leave to country to compete.
Cast
* Kata Dob as Falk Viki
* Ivn Feny as Szab Karcsi
* Sndor Csnyi as Vmos Tibi
* Kroly Gesztesi as Telki coach
* Ildik Bnsgi as Karcsi's mother
* Tams Jordn as Karcsi's granddad
* Viktria Szvai as Hank Eszter
* Zsolt Huszr as Gl Jancsi
* Tams Keresztes as cs Imi
* Pter Haumann as Feri bcsi
* Dniel Gbori as Jzsika (as Gbori Dniel)
* Rbert Marton as Kardos Mrton (Comp)
* Kornl Simon as Abonyi Gyula (Br)
* Krisztin Kolovratnik as Fazekas Sndor (Frank)
* Antal Czapk as Prokop
References
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