A pseudo- political thriller,
somewhat biopic, chronicles the day of August 16, 1958, when two Hungarian resistance
fighters now living in Bern
break into the Hungarian embassy there and take the ambassador hostage. He is
viewed as being pro-Russian, and they wish to avenge the death of the killing
of Imre Nagy president of Hungary
during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
They also want the safe combination. As the
Swiss police surround the building and a group of Hungarian immigrants shows up
on the street to demonstrate, a tense, twist-filled hostage drama plays out
behind the closed doors of the embassy. The screenplay by Norbert Köbli (author
of last year EUFF Hungarian film The Exam) is based on a true story
about the aftermath of the 1956 Hungarian revolution. A tad too melodramatic with a low budget tone. The beginning
was confusing. and the attempt at creating suspense fell flat.
Screened at New York Film Festival.
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