Children of Glory (2006)
- Original title
- Szabadság, szerelem
- Directed by
- Krisztina Goda
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Hungary
- Runtime
- 2h 03m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 39 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1956, a Hungarian water polo player joins the uprising against Soviet rule in Budapest while his teammates prepare for the Olympics. The film follows both the revolution and the infamous bloody match between Hungary and Russia in Melbourne.
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What happens
Children of Glory (Hungarian: Szabadság, szerelem) is a 2006 film directed by Krisztina Goda. It 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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