Freedom's fury /
In Freedom's Fury, the history of Soviet occupation of Hungary at the end of World War Two is interwoven with the country's emergence as a an international waterpolo powerhouse in the 50s. The journey of the 1956 Hungarian waterpolo team and its rising star Ervin Zador to the Melbourne Oly...
| Other Authors: | , , |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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Amsterdam, North Holland :
Fortissimo Films,
2006.
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | In Freedom's Fury, the history of Soviet occupation of Hungary at the end of World War Two is interwoven with the country's emergence as a an international waterpolo powerhouse in the 50s. The journey of the 1956 Hungarian waterpolo team and its rising star Ervin Zador to the Melbourne Olympics then becomes the rallying cry for justice as Freedom's Fury explores the larger human tragedy of a popular, democratic uprising that is brutally crushed by the Soviet Red Army in November 1956, just two weeks before the Olympics begin in Australia (over 15,000 people were killed or executed). The story is now finally told about the infamous water polo showdown between Hungary and the Soviet Union, also known as "the Bloodiest Game in Olympic History." |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed August 25, 2020). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (93 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 01:32:49 |