CHILDREN OF GLORY
(1956. DZIECI CHWALY)



2007, 123 min., Hungary
Hungarian with English subtitles

DIRECTION:
Krisztina Goda
SCRIPT:
Joe Eszterhas Eva Gardos, Reka Divinyi, Geza Beremynyi
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Buda Gulyas, Janos Vecsernyes
EDITING:
Eva Gardos, Annamaria Szanto
SOUND:
Hugo Adams
PRODUCED BY:
C2, Cinergi, Flashback Productions
PRODUCER:
Andrew G. Vajna

CAST:
Kata Dobo (Viki Falk), Ivan Fenyo (Karcsi Szabo), Sandor Csanyi (Tibi Vamos), Karoly Gesztesi (Coach Telki), Ildiko Bansagi (Karcsi's Mother), Tamas Jordan (Karcsi's Grandfather)

Set during the Hungarian revolution of 1956, the film follows the life Karcsi, a university student who plays for the national water polo team. His life changes dramatically when he falls for political activist Viki. As the Russians brutally clamp down on dissent in Hungary, Karcsi and his teammates are drawn against the Soviets at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics in a match considered to be the bloodiest not only in water polo history.

KRISZTINA GODA
Graduated in film directing at the National Film and Television School in England, and later, as an HBO's scholarship holder, she studied screenwriting at UCLA in the U.S. In England, the United States, and Hungary she directed several award-winning commercials, worked on sit-coms and serials. "Playtime" (1985) and "Car Story" (1986) were her directorial debuts in 1995, followed by the television film "Croatian Syndrome" in 2000. "Just Sex And Nothing Else" (2005) was her first main feature film as director. The film became the most popular Hungarian comedy of 2006.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

2008 Kameleon
2007 Children of Glory
2005 Just Sex and Nothing Else
2002 Cinematrix

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