FREEDOM'S FURY

I saw various parts of this documentary on YouTube & I thought that surely this must be available somewhere in it's entirety on a DVD? I took a long shot & sent an email to someone in Hungary whose email address I found on the internet.I received a reply & the lady explained that they (the Hungarians) saw it at the cinema a few years ago.I mentioned the DVD to my brother the day it arrived & to my surprise he said that he would like to view that evening. (This was after he asked me the title & had a read about the DVD on the internet).Whilst it is shocking & tragic & the reason why I was born in Australia & not in Hungary; it is also testimony to the amazing courage of the Hungarian people in the face of the overwhelming might of the USSR, secret police, terror & oppression. One person from the West who was involved in the making of the documentary commented: "When they fall down, they stand up taller than before."The behind the scenes footage & the explanations about the making of the documentary is quite a saga in itself. A huge amount of work & dedication has gone into producing an historical but also an immensely gripping & moving work of art.It is not all misery but is punctuated with 'wins' in another domain: The 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.This is a DVD that you would love to have in your own collection or to give as a gift to someone who has a love of history, human rights, sport or admiration for courage in the face of unbelievable adversity & oppression.

I have seen most of the documentaries made for the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight. This one stands out high among all. The viewer feels the power of peoples' desire to be free, regardless of specific places in the Earth. Watching the happy faces of the huge masses filling the streets, squares and bridges of Budapest, you can't help it, tears come to your eyes seeing the love for freedom.The message is universal. This documentary, while it is entertaining, should be shown to young and old over and over again, because the fight for freedom should be a never ending struggle, and if we forget about that, our freedom will be lost or slowly chipped away.

Freedom's Fury is a documentary on the events surrounding the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 and the famous 'Blood in the water' match that followed it. It's a solid, journeyman work but lacks the emotional connection and human drama that separates good documentaries from great ones.Much of the documentary shows newsreel of the events leading up to and during the Hungarian uprising of 1956. For someone unfamiliar with those events, this part is informative but I believe takes the focus off the individuals involved in the story. There is a good interview with Kati Marton about her families escape but the film needs more of these individual stories and less of newsreel footage. This would have given the viewer a greater emotional connection to the people involved and really bring out what it was like to be there.As for the famous match, I was surprised at how little of it was shown in the film. I would have like to know more about how the participants felt during the match, both Hungarian and Russian. I felt the filmmakers should have developed the characters a little more, again to help the viewer connect with them. There was some of that but not enough.

This is an incredible story. If you care about water polo or the horrors of the Soviet Union this is important history. The producers of the film were able to get these men before they aged too far. It was interesting to me that after time the players were friendly. I had the impression from playing polo int he sixties that the Hungarians would have been killed if they returned, but obviously they were very much alive and many of them did go back after their gold medal. Heroes!

This is really a good video. It covers the basics of the 1956 revolution in Hungary from the point of view of the Olympic Polo Team. This team beat the Russian team while the revolution was still occuring in Hungary. If you're interested in learning a bit about what happened in Hungary, this is worth watching!

I was in Budapest, aged 16 during the events that form the core of this amazing production.Using contemporary actualities, interviews and a very entertaining introduction into the mysteries ofwater-polo, the final message of reconciliation through sport is a moving and powerful testimonyto the Hungarian nation and its struggle to keep its head above the water in the XXth century.It is an unsentimental portrayal of heroism and moral fibre.

It was very interesting to meet the real Olympians who were behind the movie, Children of Glory. The young couple who made this documentary went to great lengths to authenticate their material, and their interviews of the former athletes, as well as persons who were involved in the Hungarian Revolution of '56, were very well done. I recommend this documentary to any history buff.

The story is gripping, but the dvd is a bad print that fails back to the menu on three different DVD players right after the game. We returned it for a replacement, but the second copy was the same.

An outstanding account of the "blood in the water" incident at the Melboune Olympics in the context of a brilliant introduction to the Hungarian Uprising of 1956. Gripping and moving, this is essential viewing. With historic footage and interviews with the key participants (including Khruschev's son) it is also an important historical document. Highly recommended.

A fantastic documentary that combines cold war politics and cold water sport , meshing the two into a compelling story about the classic David vs Goliath struggle. What is so spellbinding is the way the story flows from the sport pages to the historical ones, proving with little doubt that the Hungarian revolution of 1956 was the beginning of the end for the Soviet Union and its external and internal empires. Its about freedom and its also about fury. As the Hungarian and ex-Soviet water polo veterans embrace after nearly 50 years, it becomes also about being victims of circumstance and yet , remaining honorable men.Spellbinding for anyone interested in the human spirit and especially for those who take our freedoms for granted.

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