---
title: 'Children of Glory (2006)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Krisztina Goda'
released: '2006-10-23'
runtime_minutes: 123
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Hungary'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/children-of-glory-2006'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486219/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Children of Glory (2006)

2006 · 123 min · Drama · Hungary

Original title: Szabadság, szerelem

## Synopsis

Children of Glory is a 2006 film directed by Krisztina Goda. It commemorates Hungary's Revolution of 1956 and the "Blood in the Water" match. Taking place in Budapest and at the Melbourne Olympic Games in October and November of that year, the film takes viewers into the passion and sadness of one of the most dramatic popular revolts of the twentieth century. In the same year Soviet tanks were violently suppressing the Revolution within Hungary, the Hungarian water polo team was winning over Russia in the Olympic pool in Melbourne, in what is sometimes described as the bloodiest water polo match in history. While telling the story of 1956 in part through fictional lead characters, the film-makers simultaneously recreated many of the key public events of the Revolution, including the huge demonstrations and the fighting in the streets of Budapest.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Krisztina Goda](https://cinepixo.com/people/krisztina-goda)
- **Screenplay:** [Joe Eszterhas](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-eszterhas), [Géza Bereményi](https://cinepixo.com/people/geza-beremenyi), [Éva Gárdos](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-gardos), [Réka Divinyi](https://cinepixo.com/people/reka-divinyi)
- **Editor:** [Éva Gárdos](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-gardos)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nick Glennie-Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-glennie-smith)
- **Producer:** [Andrew G. Vajna](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-g-vajna)
- **Director of Photography:** [János Vecsernyés](https://cinepixo.com/people/janos-vecsernyes)

## Cast

- [Ildikó Bánsági](https://cinepixo.com/people/ildiko-bansagi) as Karcsi's mother
- [Kata Dobó](https://cinepixo.com/people/kata-dobo) as Falk Viki
- [Sándor Csányi](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandor-csanyi) as Vámos Tibi
- [Iván Fenyő](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-fenyo) as Szabó Karcsi
- [Károly Gesztesi](https://cinepixo.com/people/karoly-gesztesi) as Telki coach

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Official site: http://www.szabadsagszerelemafilm.hu/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/children-of-glory-2006
Film facts: Wikidata (Q429965); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.