Children of Glory

Oct 23, 2006

2h 3m

★ 6.8

Overview

During the ill-fated Hungarian revolution of 1956, Karcsi Szabo, star player on the water polo team, is torn between his love for a revolutionary student and his training for the Melbourne Olympics.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Flashback Productions

C2 Pictures

Magyar Mozgókép Közalapítány

Országos Rádió és Televízió Testület (ORTT)

Oktatási és Kulturális Minisztérium

Film and General Productions

Children of Glory Trailers

Cast

Viki Falk

Kata Dobó

Karcsi Szabó

Iván Fenyő

Tibi Vámos

Sándor Csányi

Telki edzõ

Károly Gesztesi

Karcsi anyja

Ildikó Bánsági

Karcsi nagyapja

Tamás Jordán

Hanák Eszter

Viktória Szávai

Gál Jancsi

Zsolt Huszár

Ács Imi

Tamás Keresztes

Feri bácsi

Péter Haumann

Józsika

Dániel Gábori

Fazekas Sándor (Frank)

Krisztián Kolovratnik

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