Children of Glory
Children of Glory | |
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Hungarian | Szabadság, szerelem |
Directed by | Krisztina Goda |
Written by | Joe Eszterhas Colin K. Gray (documentary Freedom's Fury) |
Screenplay by | Éva Gárdos Géza Bereményi Réka Divinyi |
Produced by | Andrew G. Vajna |
Starring | Kata Dobó Iván Fenyő Sándor Csányi Károly Gesztesi |
Cinematography | Buda Gulyás János Vecsernyés |
Edited by | Éva Gárdos Annamaria Szanto |
Music by | Nick Glennie-Smith |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Intercom[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
Country | Hungary |
Language | Hungarian |
Children of Glory (
Plot
In 1956, Karcsi Szabó (Iván Fenyő) was a star athlete at the
While initially Szabó 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 Szabó 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.[2]
Cast
- Kata Dobó as Falk Viki
- Iván Fenyő as Szabó Karcsi
- Sándor Csányi as Vámos Tibi
- Károly Gesztesi as Telki coach
- Ildikó Bánsági as Karcsi's mother
- Tamás Jordán as Karcsi's granddad
- Viktória Szávai as Hanák Eszter
- Zsolt Huszár as Gál Jancsi
- Tamás Keresztes as Ács Imi
- Péter Haumann as Feri bácsi
- Dániel Gábori as Józsika (as Gábori Dániel)
- Róbert Marton as Kardos Márton (Compó)
- Kornél Simon as Abonyi Gyula (Báró)
- Krisztián Kolovratnik as Fazekas Sándor (Frank)
- Antal Czapkó as Prokop
Reception
A review in The Guardian stated "The atmosphere of the time, the demonstrations and the uprising itself are vividly recreated by director Krisztina Goda, and the water-polo match between the Soviet Union and Hungary at the Melbourne Olympics that followed shortly thereafter is excellently staged. It's certainly moving, but the cliche-ridden script and the blatant manipulations show that you can take the boy out of Hollywood, but you can't take Hollywood out of the boy."[3]
The film was a box office success in Hungary.[4]
As of 2024, Rotten Tomatoes had an approval score of 92% based on 12 reviews, considering this as a success.[5]
References
- Lumiere. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Children of Glory (2006) - Krisztina Goda | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
- ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
- ISBN 978-1-78672-239-3.
- ^ "Children of Glory | Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes.
External links
- Official site Archived 2012-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Children of Glory at IMDb
- Children of Glory at AllMovie
- Children of Glory at the TCM Movie Database
- Children of Glory at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Times Review
- American DVD version