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Torn from the Flag
(A Lyukas Zaszlo)
US / Hungary, 97 minutes, English and Hungarian with English subtitles

Torn from the Flag relates Hungary's struggle for a national identity against the domination of Soviet Communism focusing on the successful armed popular rebellion of October 1956 that was put down when the Soviets invaded Budapest. A handful impassioned survivors tell how they went from being idealistic communists to being fierce anti-government freedom fighters, and then the victims of brutal repression. Then in 1989, the fall of the Soviet Empire occurred that was partly lead by Hungarian activists crossing the border into Austria. Those who survived the crackdown in 1956 and who were alive to witness the events of 1989 finally feel that their sufferings and sacrifices have borne fruit and that their country has been redeemed.

Director: Endre Hules, Klaudia Kovacs
Cast: Henry Kissinger, Otto von Habsburg
Format: Video
Genre: Documentary, War