October 25, 2007

Congressional Screening of "Children of Glory"

On the 51st Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, the Embassy of Hungary, in conjunction with the office of Congressman Tom Lantos, the Congressional Human Rights Caucus (HRC), and the Congressional Friends of Hungary, organized a film screening of Andy Vajna’s "Children of Glory" ("Szabadság, szerelem" in Hungarian). The movie was shown on Wednesday, October 24 in the Rayburn House Office Building. A welcome reception was followed by the introduction of Ambassador Ferenc Somogyi, who talked about the significance of the film and the historic heritage of the 1956 Revolution.

The film drama, directed by Krisztina Goda, follows the story of the Revolution through the water polo game between the Hungarian and Soviet teams in the Melbourne Olympic Games in Australia, and the love story between a member of the Hungarian team, Karcsi Szabó and a young university student, Viki  Falk in 1956 Revolutionary Budapest. The movie features Iván Fenyő, Kata Dobó, Sándor Csányi, Ildikó Bánsági, Tamás Jordán and Péter Haumann.