Freedom's Fury

Freedom's Fury (2006)

A Szabadság Vihara

One team. One country. One chance for revenge.

A documentary on the 1956 Olympic semifinal water polo match between Hungary and Russia. Held in Australia, the match occurred as Russian forces were in Budapest, stomping out a popular revolt.

Date of release
2006-09-07
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Documentary, History
Director
Colin K. Gray, Megan Raney Aarons

Casting

Interesting facts

Freedom's Fury is a documentary film about the semifinal water polo match between Hungary and the USSR at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The match took place against the background of the Hungarian Revolution, that was brutally crushed by the Soviet army, and it quickly turned into a violent battle, with contemporaries dubbing it the "Blood in the Water match."

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