USSR vs. Hunagry  -water polo finals MELBOURNE 1956

Hungarian historic drama Children of Glory. This movie is originally called “Szabadság, szerelem” and it tells a story of Hungarian water polo team fighting against Russian team in Melbourne in 1956 while their country is being destroyed by Soviet army. Nice 2 CD quality with English subtitles.

Children of Glory will commemorate Hungary’s heroic Revolution of 1956, and takes place in Budapest and at the Melbourne Olympic Games in October and November of that year. While Soviet tanks were destroying Hungary, the Hungarian water polo team was winning over the Soviets in the Olympic pool in Melbourne, in what has been described as the bloodiest water polo match in history.