Perhaps this is Robert Vas' most personal film; a portrait of his country - Hungary - as seen through the eyes of an exile. Robert Vas escaped from his homeland after the brutal crushing of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising by the Russians and he was never able to return. He portrays his country through the writings of Hungary's national poets and illustrates the film with images of the Revolution and of the society it would become in the years immediately following 1956. The film was transmitted on the 20th anniversary of the crushing of the uprising.
Credits
My Homeland Cast
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Character |
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Judi Dench
She was 41, now 89 years old
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as Reader |
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Michael Bryant
He was 48, 74 years old when he died
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as Reader |
My Homeland Crew