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HUNGARY 4, SOVIET UNION 0
Dramatic 1956 water polo match relived on the screen

An important moment in Hungarian history is finally being given the attention it has deserved for over 40 years. Few who were watching the 1956 Olympic summer games in Melbourne, Australia can forget the now famous water polo match between Hungary and the Soviet Union. Shortly after the Soviet Red Army tanks rolled through the streets of Budapest, suppressing a popular uprising and gunning down citizens, the two countries found themselves set to compete against one and other in the water polo semi-finals. Now being made into a documentary by a Hollywood producer company, the match has been dubbed "the bloodiest game in Olympic history."

Days before the Summer Olympics were to begin on 22 November 1956, Soviet handlers plucked the Hungarian water polo players from their homeland and shipped them off to Australia. Many of the players, uncertain if they would ever return, risked secret farewells with their loved ones the night before their abrupt departure. Listening to news reports from home telling of the brutality their people suffered at the hands of the Red Army, the Hungarian players began to defend their Olympic title with the hopes and pride of an anguished country riding on their shoulders.

As the violence in Hungary increased, so did the in Australia. Poised to challenge the same aggressors responsible for the bloodshed at home, interest in the Olympic match increased rapidly, and many expatriate Hungarians filled the stands. The match grew ugly when 21 year-old Hungarian star Ervin Zádor was pulled bleeding from the pool after a hard head butt. The image of Zádor leaving the pool with blood pouring from the deep gash over his left eye was published in newspapers worldwide. Police had to step in to prevent a riot, and the game ended with Hungary winning 4-0. The Hungarian team went on to win the gold medal, though the win was bittersweet, for more than half the team defected rather than return to their oppressed homeland.

This staggering story is now being made into a documentary by the seasoned LA-based production company WOLO Entertainment, directed by 34 year-old Colin Gray. Entitled Freedom’s Fury, it is a full-length documentary feature film, which recounts the gripping 1956 match between Hungary and the Soviet Union and examines the social and political backdrop in which "the bloodiest game in Olympic history" took place. Featuring juxtaposing interviews with teammates, politicians, surviving freedom fighters, and footage from the ’56 revolution, Freedom’s Fury captures the emotional reunion of the ’56 teammates and family members - including some who had not seen each other since their furtive farewells weeks before the ‘56 revolution. Reuniting the surviving teammates from both the Hungarian and the Soviet team, the film captures the reflections and memories of the players. Filmed in part at the Gellért baths in Budapest last summer, the interviews include captain of the 1956 Hungarian team Dezsô Gyarmati, players Ervin Zádor, György Kárpáti, Kálmán Markovits, Antal Bolvári and Soviet team captain Pytor "Misi" Mshvenieradze along with Boris Markarov.

The 1956 Revolution is an event that has remained largely untold to international audiences. Freedom’s Fury brings to light the story of athletes who carried the hopes of an entire nation on their shoulders, determined to redeem some of their country’s crushed hopes and pride as they faced their oppressors.

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