See more at IMDbPro. Photos Top cast Edit. Imre Baksa Egyetemista as Egyetemista. Krisztina Goda. More like this. Storyline Edit. Children of Glory will commemorate Hungary's heroic Revolution of , 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.
Drama History Romance Sport War. Did you know Edit. Goofs In the semi-finals match at the Olympics, the Soviets wore dark caps, while the Hungarians had white ones.
Quotes Falk Viki : What are you doing here? User reviews 28 Review. Top review. Szabadsag Szerelem. I attended the screening for this movie at the Mann Bruin in Westwood. At the end of the movie I did not want to leave my seat. I wanted more. I am not quite sure what I wanted to see? Perhaps a commentary on the lives of the Water Polo Players?
I wanted to know what they did after the game? I wanted to know how their lives turned out? I didn't want the movie to end. The scenes about the AVO brought back sad memories. It was a brutal organization. My family had first hand experience with them. The movie is a "must see" for anyone, not only Hungarians.
The sub-titles were easy to follow for anyone who does not speak the language. The movie was emotional and especially meaningful to me. I left Hungary in October 22, It is an epic movie along the lines of Dr.
Zsivago, but about the Hungarian Revolution instead of the Russian one. This minute Cold War drama is about common people thrust into history and heroism. With stunning realism and adherence to the facts, this epic has citizen soldiers falling in love even as they battle Soviet tanks that were destroying their homeland. The action culminates in the famous Olympic water polo match in Melbourne where the Hungarian team played the Soviet team in what has been described as the bloodiest water polo match in history.
If you are a Hungarian, or a descendant of a Hungarian, this is your heritage. It will make you cry and it will make you proud. For more info, check the official movie website and the IMDb record about the movie. Why does the DVD look Korean? Because it is printed in Korea, and here is why. First came Europe and soon thereafter some of Asia.
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