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MOSCOW, 1956
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What?
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What?
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What?
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The referee is blind.
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We're being screwed!
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We'll beat
the shit out of them anyway.
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Faster! Faster!
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Hey!
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Hey!
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Let's do the cross trick!
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Karcsi, you swim across.
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Tibi, you tie up your guy.
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What?
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What?
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What??
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You want this?
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- That referee! What a goddamn rat!
- At least he makes a nice backboard.
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They told him when to whistle. The great
Soviet team can't lose to the Hungarians.
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- They can only win by cheating.
- Damn Russkies.
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- They really think they're great.
- You've got to have brains to be great.
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Don't you?
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Just give them the trophy and
get drunk instead of playing.
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- Screw'em.
- They think they rule the world.
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- They do.
- Only half of it.
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But they're still an empire.
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You'd better get used to it.
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Hungarians!
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Licking your wounds?
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Doing what?
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Karcsi, don't!
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You don't even deserve
to be defeated by us.
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Screw you,
you stinking Commie asshole.
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You, too.
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Misha, you giant ape...
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go and screw Lenin, Stalin, and
your whole stinking Commie system.
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And this... up your ass.
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This too.
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Screw Khrushchev too...
you faggots.
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Faggots?
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Faggots?
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Your mother...!
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Watch out!!
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Stop!! Stop it!!
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Hurry, the coach
will be here any minute.
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He's getting drunk
in the restaurant car.
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Look at Peták!
He sews better than my grandma!
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You take in ironing?
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Sure... He uses his girlfriend
as the ironing board.
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- What do you think they heard at home?
- Take a guess.
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The glorious Soviet team defeated
the unworthy Hungarians.
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Goddamn Russkies.
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Hurry, customs are here.
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I get an extra cut if I sell
this stuff, right?
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Petak, you're a compulsive hustler,
you should be paying us.
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Can I hide here
during customs inspection?
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- What was the game today?
- Fake!
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Fake... just like my fur!
Excuse me!
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Good evening. Customs inspection.
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Good evening.
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That one.
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And this one?
Why is it so heavy?
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Because it's Soviet...
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Their balls are bigger than ours.
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Good luck, boys!
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Thank you.
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And him?
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Sleeping like a bear.
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Alright.
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BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
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We start tomorrow at 6 A.M.
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From now on it's: "Olympic Training."
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- What's tomorrow?
- Olympic Training!
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- There they are. - You take
the barrel, I'll take the stick.
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Switching at half-time, right?
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There's no place like home!
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Hi, I'm Karcsi.
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- I know who you are.
- I don't think so.
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I'd remember
a beautiful girl like you.
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Comrade Szabó!
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Come with me, please.
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Who are you?
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The minister would like to meet you.
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He is a big fan of yours.
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Couldn't this wait until tomorrow?
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Bring your bag, too.
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Can I come? I'm on the team too.
Doesn't the minister want to meet me?
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Let's go, Comrade Szabó.
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Pest control.
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There are disturbances in Poland,
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things like
that spread like the plague.
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But if we kill a couple of rats,
the rest will run away.
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- This is not the ministry.
- That's right.
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Come in!
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Karcsi Szabó, as you requested.
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Karcsi! So glad to meet you.
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I'm a big fan of yours. Sit down.
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May I offer you a drink?
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No, thanks.
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Coca-Cola, ever tasted it?
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I'm sure you have.
You travel enough.
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It's only unique for us here.
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Have some real American gum...
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Go on, take one, Karcsi.
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I can call you Karcsi, right?
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You just call me... Uncle Feri.
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What have we here?
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The famous good-luck watch?
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Say something.
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You don't need to be afraid here.
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We like people like you.
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An outstanding athlete who takes care
of his family. You have a bright future.
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So why do I hear strange things
about you?
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You were a bad guest in Moscow,
you hit a Soviet player.
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He started it.
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Unsportsmanlike, true...
but you hit him back.
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And that "incident"
with the referee...
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Never, under any circumstances...
Look at me!
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You should never, under any
circumstances, strike a Soviet comrade.
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Is that clear?
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And you never insult our Soviet
friends by saying: "Screw Khrushchev."
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I hope you understand... finally.
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You understand what you've got to lose.
You, your family, your little brother...
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His name is Józsi, right?
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- They let you go?
- Who?
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Tibi said the AVO took you in.
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He's always talking nonsense.
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- The minister just wanted to congratulate me.
- Tibi said it was the AVO (Secret Police).
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I'm here, right?
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Everything's fine.
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Karcsi, are you awake?
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No. I'm fast asleep,
I can't even hear you.
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- What are you thinking about?
- Why you're not letting me sleep.
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Karcsi! Are they going to
put me in an orphanage?
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What did you say?
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If the AVO takes you away?
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What are you talking about?
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There's this girl, Vera, at school,
they arrested her parents,
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and she was put in an orphanage.
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No one is taking anyone.
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Not me, not you, no one.
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Promise?
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I promise.
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This is Radio Free Europe,
the voice of free Hungary.
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In Poland, protesters have demanded
better living and working conditions
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and the correction
of prior injustices...
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Karcsi!
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The AVO took you in... right?
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They told you
to let the Russians win.
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No, grandpa.
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Then what did they want?
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They said we should never
hit the Russians back.
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How did they threaten you?
With us...? Our lives?
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Good night, grandpa.
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Karcsi!
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Sometimes you must hit back,
even if you're not supposed to.
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The strike continues
in the city of Posnan...
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The news about strikes in Poland
is completely fabricated.
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The whole story is false capitalist
propaganda to disturb law and order!
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Our Communist brothers in Poland have
stood up for the Soviet ideals.
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I want to say something!
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I'm here on behalf of the Independent
Student Alliance of Szeged.
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- Shut up!
- They are lying to you!
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- We don't need any new ideas...
- Let me go!
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We want to show solidarity
with Poland...
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We can't allow confusion.
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I have the right to speak!
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Let him speak!
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Let's hear what he has to say!
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We have the right to hear
the student from Szeged!
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No interruptions!
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This will have serious consequences!
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Let's hear the Szeged
student's representative!
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University students! Hungarians!
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The message from Szeged is that:
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They're lying to you here! They are
fighting for their freedom in Poland!
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Form your own revolutionary committee
and pledge solidarity with Poland!
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Keep treading, guys!
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- Where's Tibi? - We haven't
seen him since the station.
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- He left with two girls.
- Two? He can't even handle one.
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- What did the minister want?
- He sends you love and kisses.
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Sorry, coach!
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- What happened to you, Tibi?
- It's just a black eye.
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Whose wife was it?
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Yours! But she wasn't very good.
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Go change.
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- They didn't even beat you up?
- No.
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They offered me Coke and gum.
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You Commie pet...
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They beat the shit out of me,
and they pampered you?
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So much for Socialist equality.
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Was it the AVO?
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Three of them.
That made it a fair fight.
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Tibi, they know everything.
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What we talk about,
our family, everything!
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Don't shit in your pants,
we're important to them.
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Let's go find some girls.
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I can't, I have
to go to the university.
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For what?
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Even if you stay dumb,
they'll kiss your famous ass.
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There will always be polo and girls,
who cares about anything else?
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I have to go,
Imi's got my report card.
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You're choosing that nerd over me?
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Imi is a good guy.
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- Take care.
- You too.
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We've just formed the
Independent Students' Alliance.
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We demand free general elections,
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a new government
headed by Comrade Imre Nagy!
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Imi! Imi!
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Karcsi!
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A new daily paper for the Alliance.
And free radio...
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We formed the ISA!
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What?
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Independent Students' Alliance.
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Karcsi, we're independent!
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When they kick your ass out of here,
then you'll be independent.
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The Stalinist functionaries
must be dismissed immediately!
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We demand a pardon for the
victims of all political trials...
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They can't shut us up!
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We have the right to voice our
demands until they understand...
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Who's that?
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...that we don't want to go on
living like this! - That's Viki.
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The Poles showed us how to be brave.
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- Let's go to the Bem square...
- Why haven't you introduced me?
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You're not her type.
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We want a peaceful march tomorrow.
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There's no such thing.
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And if we do it right,
the whole city will be with us!
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Clap or I'll kick your ass!
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For a chick like that, anytime.
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We must write a manifesto.
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If anyone wants to add
to our 14 points, speak up!
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- We want our national flag back!
- That's right!
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Hey, listen!
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Why don't we tell the Russkies
to go home?
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Russkies go home!
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Russkies go home! Russkies go home!
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Russkies go home?
You're out of your mind?
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They're going to leave
if we stick together.
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- It will take more than a couple
of students. - Imi!
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Here are the flyers.
Hand them out.
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- Karcsi, help us.
- I have to go to training...
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- You know... the Olympics...
- I know you.
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I don't think so.
I'd remember a girl like you.
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You're a coward,
who doesn't want to get involved.
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- I don't think you know me at all.
- Take some for your team?
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Why should he risk his privileges?
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He's the pride
and joy of the Commies.
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Those beautiful lips
should be put to better use.
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- Hand these out and come back if
you need more. - See you later!
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- Are you going to help?
- I can't, she was right.
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They'd kick me off the team.
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Come to the Bem statue.
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See you at the Bem statue.
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- My balls are all shriveled up.
- Now they match your dick.
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- It feels like an icicle.
- The girls in Melbourne will defrost it.
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Come to the Bem statue.
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At the Bem statue.
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See you at the Bem statue.
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CALL FOR A GENERAL STRIKE!
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Tonight, we're
moving to the Red Star Hotel.
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Say goodbye at home. From now on
I'll be kissing you good night.
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See you at the Bem statue.
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At the Bem statue.
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- The students are out of control.
- I like girls out of control.
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It will all blow over by tomorrow.
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The Ministry
bans all public demonstrations.
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What should we do?
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Go on! Let's go on!
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Rákosi in the river,
Imre Nagy to power!
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- For freedom!
- Thank you.
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In the interest of law and order,
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the Ministry
prohibits public demonstrations.
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Russkies go home!
Russkies go home!
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Wait! Stop!
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Viki!
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Viki!
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Attention! The Minister has
lifted the ban on demonstrations.
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Do you hear this? There's
too many of us. They can't stop it.
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The comrades are weak.
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- Hi!
- What are you doing here?
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- Looking for you.
- I'm not here... for you.
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Why not?
You don't know what I'm like.
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Here. Carry it.
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See. That's what you're like...
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- I didn't say "no."
- You did, with your eyes.
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There must be something between us,
if you're looking into my eyes.
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Yeah, it's called aversion.
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And what do you see now?
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You're scared because the ÁVO
is taking pictures from the roof.
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You have no idea what's going on here!
Go back and play water polo.
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If they spot us here, we'll get thrown
off the team. No woman is worth that.
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We demand the immediate withdrawal
of all Soviet troops from Hungary.
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A new Party Congress must be called
and a new central committee elected.
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The people have expressed their solidarity
with the Polish independence movement.
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Karcsi!
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I knew you'd be here.
Ever seen anything like this?
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Sure, at all our games.
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We demand freedom of speech,
free press and a free Radio!
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That's right! Hurray!
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I told you we can make it happen.
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Do you really believe that a
demonstration will change anything?
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It already has! Can't you see?
This is a miracle.
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...a new government
headed by Imre Nagy!
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Hurray!
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- You gonna introduce me to Joan of Arc?
- She's taken.
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- You gonna marry her?
- I might.
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I bet you I'll kiss her before you.
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You'll lose as usual.
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- Isn't Imre Nagy a Commie?
- Yeah, a little bit.
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Couldn't they
find someone who isn't a Commie?
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At least he wants reforms.
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Are you still here?
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Let's go to the Parliament building!
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We want Imre Nagy!
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Right! Right!
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Give that to me. I'll carry it.
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- Are you coming to the Parliament?
- I wouldn't miss it.
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Do you want to give
a speech from my shoulder?
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- You must be a water polo player too.
- Tibi Vámos. The heart and soul of the team.
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- The mouth... to be more accurate.
- Viki Falk.
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Talking about mouths...
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You deserved that.
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- What did I do?
- I don't know... yet.
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If they take a picture of you
with the flag, you're off the team.
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You... I'm hidden by the flag.
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Rákosi in the river,
Imre Nagy to power!
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- Why do they want to throw Rákosi in
the river? - Because he is a tyrant.
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But my teacher said that
he's a great friend of the people.
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You don't have to believe everything
they teach you in school.
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Take it down!
Take it down!
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- Hi, Karcsi!
- What the hell are you doing here?
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Grandpa wanted to show me the revolution.
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- This is history.
- No, this is just a demonstration.
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- Stalin's statue has been knocked down.
- Grandpa's going to let me pee on it!
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- Grandpa, don't take him there!
- Let him hear Imre Nagy speak.
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Is she your girlfriend?
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He's gonna marry her.
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Does mom know?
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Never.
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Why not?
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Really... Why not?
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Why did the lights go out?
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- They just want us to go home.
- No way!
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Imre Nagy!
Imre Nagy!
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Karcsi, look, it's like a starry sky!
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Comrades!
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Why are they booing?
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- Because we're not comrades anymore.
- What are we then?
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- Free people.
- I'm just sleepy.
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- I admire the youth of Hungary...
- Viki!
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Come to the Radio
to broadcast our demands.
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- Let's go!
- Let's go!
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Without common sense, we may
destroy our democratic achievements.
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- We're coming too!
- No! You're not.
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- You'd better go home.
- But I want to go with you.
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It's late.
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Look, this is for you.
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And watch out for grandpa.
You know what he's like.
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...let's all go home in peace.
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????
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What happened?
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Damn ÁVO promised
to broadcast our demands...
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instead, they arrested our delegation!
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Let our delegation go!
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Hold this in front of your mouth!
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Let's take over the Radio!
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- Let's take over the Radio!
- Let them go!
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Let's get
out of here, they're all animals!
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- None of this makes any sense.
- Sure it does!
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This is the beginning of our lives!
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Goddamn ÁVO! ÁVO pigs!
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Damn it.
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ÁVO pigs! ÁVO pigs!
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Imi!
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Everything will be all right.
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It's all right.
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They aren't doctors!
They're ÁVO! Watch out!
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Imi! Look at me.
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Imi...
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- Come on!
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Come on!
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How long have you known Imi?
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He never talked about you.
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He told me about you.
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You took him rowing...
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Rowing?
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Where?
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I don't know.
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I wasn't paying attention.
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I don't remember either...
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It shouldn't have happened this way.
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Why? What did you expect?
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They allowed the demonstration.
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The only thing
that's permitted here is silence!
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- That's exactly what we must change.
- How? By demonstrating?
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By cutting up flags and watching
people get slaughtered?
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- It shouldn't have happened like this.
- Is that what you're going to tell Imis mother?
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Her son died for our freedom.
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No! Her son died because he got shot
by a machine gun...
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he believed he could change things.
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He knew what he wanted. He said
this was the best day of his life.
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No, he said this was the beginning
of our lives, that's what he said.
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Forgive me.
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I know how Imi's mother must feel.
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My parents were killed by the ÁVO.
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There was a time
I wanted all the ÁVOs dead.
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Killing is their method...
Not mine.
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And what do you want now?
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I don't know... anymore.
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I just don't want to be alone.
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You're not alone.
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I am talking to you at a difficult
time. The Central Committee...
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of the Hungarian Workers Party has
appointed me Prime Minister.
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Did you hear that? It's Imre Nagy!
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Imre Nagy is the Prime Minister!
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Does that mean it's over?
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Viki, come on!
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There's fighting all over the city.
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- We just heard, Imre Nagy is Prime Minister.
- You think the Russians care?
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Karcsi Szabó, he's with us.
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You're going to fight against tanks?
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- I don't want to, but we must.
- Are you coming?
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- Come on!
- I've got training.
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- Training?
- I know you think it's stupid...
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but I have a dream too,
and it's not getting shot to pieces.
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I see.
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Good luck!
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Viki!
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Martial law has been declared.
The government
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has requested the intervention
of Soviet troops stationed in Hungary.
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Ours is the politics
of reconciliation, not of revenge!
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Therefore anyone who voluntarily
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puts down their weapon
will not be court-martialled.
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Too much static.
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Imre Nagy says
to put down our weapons.
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Radio Free Europe
says we shouldn't trust him.
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- We need more guns.
- Do you know how to use them?
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Sure, just shoot at the Russkies.
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Show me.
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Safety off first... dummy.
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Loading it is not a bad idea, either.
-
Colonel Marián is giving weapon's
training in the courtyard.
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No one touches any guns
until they learn how to use them.
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Aim your weapons!
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All together, fire!
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Fire!
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Go ahead, take it!
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We don't know how to write demands or
fight, but this is our way of helping.
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- Thank you very much.
- You're welcome.
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Pass these out.
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Make sure the injured get some.
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Taste's good.
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This too.
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Where have you been?
Everybody is asking me questions.
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- I wasn't supposed to be a field marshal.
- We had to make a detour. The streets are blocked.
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And we said a long goodbye
to a polo player...
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Wait... what
happened with the polo player?
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Nothing.
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And... what's going to happen?
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Nothing.
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Where the hell have you been all night?
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I walked Viki home.
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- The coach is ranging like a bull.
- We're training here...?
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If you can call it that. The only
water in this hole is in the toilet.
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- Was there really shooting at the Radio?
- Only Karcsi. He shot his load.
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Was she any good?
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Imi is dead.
-
They were killing people everywhere.
Anything else you want to know?
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Szabó! Come here!
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Where the hell have you been?
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Sorry coach,
there was trouble in the city.
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When I say six at night,
I don't mean noon the next day.
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What are you looking at? This is
not a puppet show. Back to practice!
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I don't want to hear about any trouble.
If I do, I'll have to kick you off the team.
-
So... finally...
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- the revolutionary shows up.
- What's wrong?
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What's wrong with you?
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- You're gonna screw it up for
the whole team! - Are you crazy?
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Hey!
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Stop it!
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Separate them!
-
Maybe we can't even go to the Olympics.
-
With bodies all over the streets,
who cares about the Olympics?
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- I do.
- Yeah. Me, too!
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- I haven't worked all these years for nothing!
- How can you train without a pool?
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We are locked up in this shit hole.
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Listen guys, we
have to focus on the Olympics.
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It's bad enough that we can't train, but
I'm not going to let you kill each other.
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What's wrong with you? All we
talk about is the Russkies leaving
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- and now everyone shuts up?
- Enough!!
-
If this revolution is so important
to you, why don't you just go back?
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- You're right, I'm going.
- No one is going anywhere!
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I don't care
if World War III breaks out...
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I won't let the world's best
water polo team destroy itself.
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Sorry coach, I'd stay, but
just to sit around... No thanks.
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- Listen, Szabó.
- Karcsi, don't go! - Szabó!
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If you walk out that door,
you're never coming back.
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All right. Calm down.
We'll put Karcsi's dick on ice...
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and everything will be okay.
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Karcsi!
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Karcsi!
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Let me out!
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Let him go.
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On behalf of the revolution, we demand
that you hand over your weapons!
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We've been expecting you.
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If you sign a statement that you
forced us, we'll bring up guns...
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and grenades from the basement.
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Thanks.
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Come on!
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POLICE STATION
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Here, this may come in handy.
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Thanks.
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Karcsi!
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Karcsi!
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I'm from the Military Academy...
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we have formed a Revolutionary Council!
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We brought weapons,
where shall we put them?
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Stop shouting... you're scaring me.
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Second, thank you.
Put the weapons over there.
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Hi!
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- I'm looking for Viki.
- You're the polo player, right?
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- With whom there is nothing going on.
- She said that?
-
But this "nothing" has been
preoccupying her lately.
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- Karcsi Szabó.
- Eszter Hanák.
-
- You want a rifle or a guitar?
- What?
-
- A machine gun. It plays beautiful music.
- How do you know about these?
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My father was a game keeper until
he was fired by the Communists.
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So... which one?
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The guitar.
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Help me!
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How come you're here?
Did they let you leave?
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I didn't ask permission.
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You left the team?
-
Don't worry about it.
-
- Karcsi, don't do this just for me.
- It's not just for you.
-
Then why?
-
My grandfather says that
sometimes we must hit back.
-
This is one of those times.
-
Come with me. I want to see
if everything is okay at home.
-
Let's take them some food.
-
Those who used arms
against the state
-
have a few minutes left
to hand over their weapons
-
and avoid court martial.
-
Fascist forces have attacked...
-
our public buildings and police force.
-
To restore order
all forms of public assembly...
-
Karcsi, where have you been?
-
- Mother, let me introduce...
- What is that?
-
- Don't you dare bring those in here!
- We'll leave them in the hall.
-
Can I have a look?
Have you used it?
-
Don't touch it! Are you out
of your mind? Bringing guns home.
-
Mother!
-
This is Viki Falk.
-
- Good evening.
- Mrs. Szabó.
-
He's going to marry her.
-
One more surprise and I'll have
a heart attack.
-
- We've brought you some bread.
- Thanks!
-
Go on in.
-
Józsi, hang up their coats!
-
- Józsi! Dinner!
- Coming!
-
How are we doing out there?
-
Our numbers are increasing.
-
The police and the military
are joining us.
-
The Russians are better armed.
-
Do they have tanks?
-
Yes, but they are not invincible.
-
That's the way to do it! You've
got to show those damn Commies!
-
Don't encourage the kid.
-
How did you get involved in this?
-
Why aren't you with your team?
-
There's no training now.
-
And the Olympics?
-
No one knows what's happening...
-
Then stay home. The radio said if you
stop fighting now, they'll forgive you.
-
Forgive us?
-
What are you thinking?
-
You are not going to achieve anything
with guns and demonstrations.
-
Is this our country or not? We've got
to kick the Russians out on their ass!
-
Can grandpa say "ass"?
-
Viki you should know better.
-
I don't have a family.
-
We've got to get back to the university.
-
I just wanted to see how you're doing.
-
No! There's a curfew.
-
Besides, there's
shooting all over the city.
-
Both of you are staying here.
-
I came to get a blanket.
-
Is that you?
-
Yes. That's when...
-
Tibi and I decided to win the Olympics.
-
My mother sewed the flag.
-
I've never been to a water polo match.
-
I'll take you.
-
You'll love it.
-
I was eight when my father
took me to my first match.
-
My strongest memory of him,
is his crying when the Hungarians won.
-
That's when
I decided to play water polo.
-
And now... you've left the team.
-
Its just a game.
-
At least for now.
-
- But you didn't tell your mom.
- Shhh! She might hear you.
-
What's wrong?
-
There's something I haven't told you...
-
When the ÁVO arrested my parents,
one of the men offered...
-
to let them go if I had sex with him.
-
He lied!
-
If you don't want to be with me
I understand.
-
Excuse me.
-
I washed your shirt,
but the blood stain didn't come out.
-
Thanks. You didn't have to.
-
I'm sorry I was rude last night.
-
Mothers can be like that.
-
I understand you.
-
What you're doing is important.
-
Especially if you have
no one and nothing to lose.
-
Get dressed, I won't disturb you.
-
Good morning.
-
The time is 7:30.
-
Today is October 25, 1956.
-
The weather will be cloudy...
-
Now the news...
-
The curfew has been lifted
between 6 A.M. And 6 P.M.
-
But all schools remain closed.
-
Excuse me, miss.
-
Where are you
taking those two monsters?
-
- Do you want one?
- I don't believe in guns.
-
I'm Father Balázs.
-
I didn't know priests
were taking part in the revolution.
-
The Lord prohibits me to bear arms
but not to love my country.
-
If the Lord would care,
we wouldn't need guns.
-
Guns can't change the world,
only love can.
-
You'll see.
-
Where is everybody going?
-
To the Parliament, they're hoping
to hear from Imre Nagy.
-
He's just screwed up over this girl.
-
How did you get the coach
to let us go?
-
I told him we needed to
get our passports.
-
He has no idea
we're going to see Karcsi?
-
Sure he does!
That's why he let us go.
-
She got dressed, left
and no one saw her?
-
- Calm down, it's better this way.
- What did you tell her?
-
- What did you say to her?
- Just the truth.
-
That your place is on the Olympic team.
-
Karcsi...
-
- Where are you going?
- I've got to find Viki.
-
I thought that was yesterday's news.
-
There's no one
who likes sex more than I...
-
but what's that got to do
with the Olympics?
-
You go. Win it for me, too.
-
We can't win without you.
-
You'll screw up the whole team...
especially me.
-
I've made my decision.
Just accept it.
-
You idiot, your life is in danger.
-
They know everything about you.
The Parliament, the Radio, your gun.
-
How do you know?
-
If you stop now, they won't bother you.
You're important to them.
-
What have you done?
-
Let's just leave.
We have to get to Melbourne.
-
- What the hell have you done?
- They threatened to throw me off the team.
-
Water polo is all I've got.
-
- Did you join them?
- Yes, I joined. Everybody joins.
-
These people are everywhere...
at the university...
-
in the store, on the street,
everywhere.
-
In this country
everyone's a snitch.
-
But you, Tibi?
You of all people?
-
It's easy for you.
You're the best. The favorite.
-
But who am I?
A nobody.
-
The son of a drunk,
who they can kick out at any time.
-
What did you tell them?
-
- Nothing...
- What did you tell them?
-
Nothing important. But if you
go with her, you're finished.
-
- Go ahead and tell them!
- Stop!
-
Come with me,
we can own the world.
-
- I'm not going anywhere with you.
- Because of a woman?
-
No, because this is my country...
and I'm not the one who should leave.
-
That's what this is all about.
-
- Wait, Karcsi.
- Take your hands off me!
-
Hello.
-
Viki!
-
Viki!
-
What are you doing
on that Russian tank?
-
They've been stationed here
for years, they like us.
-
If the Russians are with us
then who is against us?
-
Viki!
-
Viki!
-
We are free!
-
We are free!
-
Who is shooting?
-
Never... ever... leave me again.
-
It's the ÁVO!
-
Kill the bastards!
-
They were shooting at us!
-
No! Don't!
-
Don't shoot!
-
Put down your weapons.
-
- No one's gonna hurt you.
- Leave this to us, Father.
-
Only God can judge them.
-
- Hand over your weapons.
- They're murderers.
-
Put down your weapons
or I can't protect you.
-
My God... my God.
-
I'm fine.
-
THIS IS THE FATE OF THE ÁVO
-
Did you bring it?
-
Here... take a look.
-
Wow.
-
- Have you used it?
- Of course... I'm a freedom fighter.
-
I'm going to the university.
Are you coming?
-
- My mom won't let me.
- Is this our country or not?
-
We've got to kick the Russians
out on their ass.
-
Come on.
-
- I've got matches...
- You can light it, but I'll throw it.
-
I can throw much further than you.
Careful, they blowup easily.
-
Watch out!
-
Józsi!
-
- What the hell are you doing here?
- I'm here to fight!
-
You're not a freedom fighter,
you're a kid.
-
You're not a freedom fighter,
either, just a polo player.
-
Let's go!
-
I'll join you later.
After I take this nitwit home.
-
And that one.
-
Karcsi!
Jump on, we'll drop them off.
-
- I don't want to go home.
- You're going, period.
-
Stop!
-
Give us a hand!
We're going to blowup a tank.
-
- How?
- We have to build a barricade...
-
to force the tank into the alley.
-
Barricade?
Out of what?
-
Use this truck.
-
I'll get some frying pans.
They look like land mines.
-
- What's she getting?
- Frying pans...
-
Józsi!
-
Come with me.
-
Whatever happens, you stay here.
Is that clear?
-
Yes.
-
The tank is coming!
-
Watch out!
-
I want to go home.
-
I want to go home.
-
It's OK.
-
It's OK.
-
The Hungarian government has reached
an agreement with Moscow regarding...
-
the immediate withdrawal of
Soviet troops from Budapest.
-
To restore law and order, a new
police force will be established...
-
- And the ÁVO will be disbanded.
- Did you hear this?
-
Did you hear?
-
We won!
-
We won!
-
We won!
-
Did he say,
they're disbanding the ÁVO?
-
And the Russians are leaving.
I can't believe it.
-
I love Imre Nagy, I love the revolution!
I love everybody!
-
- I'm going to call my mother.
- I love her too.
-
Quiet! Let me listen.
-
Don't worry, you can still
write letters to the Russkies.
-
No more playing around.
It's time to go to work.
-
- In two days we're leaving for the
Olympics. - Yes! I can't believe this!
-
The Ministry just called.
-
- Go get the passports.
- I've got a bottle of vodka!
-
If you want to tell Karcsi,
come with me.
-
Hey!
-
Haven't you heard the news?
-
You're all fired!
-
- What are they saying on the radio?
- The Russians can't control us.
-
Imre Nagy finally
kicked their asses out.
-
- They said you're going to the
Olympics. - Let's toast!
-
I never thought I'd live to see
this day. Where do I start?
-
I need to pack your things...
-
Mother.
-
I'm not going.
-
What do you mean?
-
I quit the team.
-
What about us?
-
I'll get a job like everybody else.
-
How could you do this to me?
-
Why can't you understand?
I've made my decision.
-
I'm not a polo player anymore...
And that's it!
-
What are you then?
-
I'm sorry.
-
The important thing
is that we won, right?
-
There are so many things I can do...
-
I could be a streetcar conductor,
funny hat and all.
-
Do you like conductors?
-
I have a much better idea.
-
What?
-
Karcsi Szabó, Olympic champion.
-
I'm not going back.
-
You have to, you know that.
-
Why?
-
Because this is not just any game.
-
It's the first Olympics for a free Hungary.
Let the world see what we can do.
-
Too many things have changed.
-
You must go back to find
our normal way of life again.
-
And for you, that's water polo.
-
And for you?
-
For me... It's you.
-
They may not even take me back.
-
Who can ever say no to you?
-
I never can.
-
The Hungarian National Government
has declared its neutrality.
-
Finally our dream of the century
has come true.
-
The Revolution has brought us
freedom and liberity.
-
Long live free Hungary!
-
Russkies go home!
Russkies go home!
-
They're leaving.
They're really leaving!
-
Go on... or youll miss your Olympics.
-
Something to remember me by.
-
It was my mother's.
-
Wait, I've got something for you too...
-
My good-luck watch.
-
Take good care of it, because
you know I'm coming back for it.
-
But you need this.
-
All I need is you.
-
Go, otherwise we'll never say goodbye.
-
- Hi.
- What's up?
-
The little lady let you go?
-
She told me to bring home some gold.
-
Didn't she say, you need a passport?
-
You think you can just come and go
as you please?
-
Don't mind him,
he's mourning the Russkies.
-
What are we waiting for?
-
What are you doing here?
-
I'd like to come back, coach.
-
If I can.
-
Why should I take you back?
-
Because we want
to win the Olympics, coach.
-
Alright.
But, you'll be doing pushups...
-
all the way to Melbourne.
-
Let's go.
-
Boys, Karcsi is back.
-
Love it or hate it, but I don't want
to hear about it. Is that clear?
-
- Are we forgetting anyone? - Only
the ÁVO, but no one will miss them.
-
Let's go!
-
Next stop Prague!
-
For many years, the radio has lied,
day and night, on all frequencies...
-
From now on, we pledge to tell only
the truth, and nothing but the truth.
-
It's strange how two weeks are
enough to change the world.
-
- What will you do now?
- Finish my studies.
-
And the polo player?
Don't tell me you don't miss him.
-
He just left.
-
Do you miss him?
-
I wish they
would call off the Olympics.
-
And you?
-
I just want a simple life.
A home, a husband, a baby.
-
I'm sure you'll have it all.
-
I hope so, but if Jancsi doesn't hurry,
it might not happen in that order.
-
Really? A baby?
-
Yes.
-
- Jancsi doesn't know it yet.
- When are you going to tell him?
-
Soon...
-
When things settle down a bit.
-
Jesus, they're coming back.
-
So many of them!
-
They're headed for Budapest.
-
- But Imre Nagy said...
- They screwed us!
-
- Karcsi, sit down!
- I want to get off!
-
- You are crazy!
- Sit down!
-
Open the door!
-
Open the goddamn door!!
-
Help me!
-
- They captured General Maléter!
- The Russkies surrounded the Parliament!
-
Kádár made a deal with Khrushchev
and over threw Imre Nagy!
-
- Listen to this!
- The London Observer has confirmed
-
that if the Soviets attack Hungary...
-
it will pressure the United States...
-
to offer military
help to the freedom fighters.
-
- The Americans are coming.
- Do you really believe that?
-
Imre Nagy with drew from the Warsaw Pact.
The Americans have the right to intervene.
-
By the time they get here,
everything will be in ruins.
-
We have to hold out!
-
You can't give up now!
-
Just a couple of days
and it will be over. We can win...
-
Jancsi, this is madness.
Tell them to save their lives.
-
They will kill us all!
-
Let's go! The Americans are coming.
-
We just have to hold out
for a few days.
-
What? You want to fight them all?
-
They will shoot you, you idiot.
-
Alright.
You can hit me back, if you like.
-
It's not you I want to hit.
-
The bastards won't tell us
what's happening at home.
-
The Russkies are shooting up everything.
There's nothing you can do.
-
There is no shooting.
-
The Soviets are just restoring order.
-
The Americans offered me a job.
-
They offered everybody a job.
-
Don't you want to go home?
-
Ever?
-
Home? What home?
-
- Get an ambulance!
- He's going to bleed to death.
-
Quickly! Now!!
-
Is the ambulance here?
-
Everyone out!
-
Someone is still inside!
I'll get him.
-
Eszter!
-
- We have to leave!
- No!
-
No!
-
This is the free Hungarian Radio's
last broadcast to the world.
-
The Soviet army is trying to crush
us! People of the world, help!
-
Not with words... but with deeds!
S.O.S.! S.O.S.! S.O.S.!
-
Finally! Where's Eszter?
-
We must hurry!
-
And the others?
-
What others?
-
- There's no one left. It's over.
- But the Americans are coming.
-
No one is coming!
-
Israel attacked Egypt over the Suez
Canal. No one cares about Hungary now.
-
The world still cares!
Radio Free Europe said...
-
They are lying!
-
They want us to spill our blood so
that the world will hate the Russkies.
-
We don't matter.
No one is coming, understand?
-
No one.
-
I know a place we can hide out.
We'll be safe there.
-
Next week a car will take us
to Austria.
-
What about the others?
-
- Where is Eszter?
- You told them to fight!
-
To hold out! That's what you told them.
-
Do you want me to get myself killed?
Would that help anyone?
-
Eszter is dead.
-
Are you coming or not?
-
Drinking before practice?
Telki will kick you out.
-
I don't care. Next month
I'll be playing for the Nevada Seals.
-
- Why Nevada?
- I heard they have "Big Tits Contests."
-
- Who else is defecting?
- Sárosi, Ónody, Peták.
-
Frank, you too, right?
-
Sure. I'm not
playing for the Commies anymore.
-
- You should stay too.
- I'm not staying.
-
I know. But you should.
-
Here's to the invincible team!
-
What the hell is going on?
-
I said: Be in
the pool in ten minutes. Right?
-
No one gives a damn about the Olympics.
-
What do you mean you don't give a damn?
-
You're going to defect, aren't you?
-
The boys have been offered lucrative
deals. Why shouldn't they accept them?
-
Alright, sit down. All of you.
-
Everything is lost at home...
-
and that's why now it's up to you
to show the world...
-
that Hungary can win. That
Hungarians cannot be totally defeated.
-
Win the gold. Then decide what to do
with your lives. Win the Olympics.
-
Not just for yourselves,
but for everyone at home.
-
They deserve it.
-
Let's go practice.
-
Guys, come here.
-
- The Soviets won their match.
- Yes!
-
- We're playing them in the semi-final.
- This is one we can't lose.
-
That's an understatement.
-
- We're gonna beat the shit out of them.
- They have the same idea.
-
- Are you still on their side?
- No. But they're a damn good team.
-
Take it easy.
They're polo players, not soldiers.
-
The CCCP on their uniforms
is the same as on their tanks.
-
Here it's an even match...
seven against seven.
-
Hurry!
-
Hungary! Hungary!
-
- Hungary! Hungary!
- Shhhh!
-
Do you hear that?
-
I can't play, I have a cramp in my leg.
-
The whole world is watching you.
-
- Coach!
- Yes?
-
I need a doctor, I can't use my leg.
-
Throw him in the water,
he'll get better.
-
- Are you okay, son?
- Sure, no problem.
-
That's it!!
-
- What's wrong?
- I can't take a dump.
-
I'm so uptight, you couldn't stick
a toothpick up my ass.
-
Our last game against the Russkies...
Just like it used to be.
-
Nothing is like it used to be.
-
Hungary! Hungary!
-
Hungary! Hungary!
-
Come on, pass!
-
What's wrong with you?
-
Go on, take a rest!
-
This isn't Moscow!
-
Calm down!
Don't let them get to you!
-
Tibi, help me!
-
Go cross over!
-
Nice save, Béci!
-
The cross-trick!
-
Karcsi! Swim across!
-
Hungary! Hungary!
-
Name?
-
Viktória Falk.
-
Member of the Revolutionary
Student Committee, right?
-
Do you mind if I call you Viki?
You can call me..."Uncle Feri".
-
Do you know we have a mutual friend?
-
Karcsi Szabó,
the handsome water polo player.
-
I want names, Viki. Names!
-
Names of the soldiers and policemen
who gave you weapons.
-
The peasants who gave you food.
The students who fought by your side.
-
A few names, Viki.
A few names and you can be free.
-
Names, Viki. Their names!
-
Names, Viki! NAMES!
-
Hungary! Hungary!
-
Hey, are you blind?
-
Be careful!
-
Hey! What's he doing!!
-
You're dead meat!
-
- That asshole tried to rip off my trunks!
- Let him choke on what's inside...
-
Karcsi! Swim back!
-
Shoot now, asshole, you're all alone!
-
- That signal is for you!
- What?
-
Go, go! Get him!
-
That was a foul! That's not a goal!
-
What was that?
-
Russkies go home!
Russkies go home!
-
Sit down!
-
I brought you lunch.
-
You must be hungry.
-
Home made, my wife cooked it.
-
Better than the slop
they give you here.
-
And here's something else...
-
That famous good-luck watch.
-
I hope the boys win the Olympics.
-
But first...
-
I want that list of traitors, Viki.
-
STALIN, KHRUSHCHEV,
JÁNOS KÁDÁR, UNCLE FERI
-
God bless you.
-
God bless...
-
God be with you...
-
O, my God, the Magyar bless
-
With Thy plenty and good cheer!
-
With Thine aid his just cause press
-
Where his foes to fight appear
-
Fate, who for so long didn't frown
-
Bring him happy times and ways
-
Atoning sorrow hath weighed down
-
Sins of past and future days
-
Hungary! Hurrah!