Steven Bognar is not the first novice documentary filmmaker to turn the lens on a loved one, but the tale of his father Bela, with global sweep and haunting resonance, deserves--and gets--a superb chronicler in the subject's son.
Young Bela Bognar joined the 1956 Hungarian Uprising, a decade after the country was liberated from the Nazis and transformed into a USSR satellite. With the uprising, Hungary spontaneously shrugged off Russian domination and established a non-Communist government. The Soviet empire struck back,
and the Red Army rolled into Budapest. Many Hungarian rebels went into hiding; others fled abroad. Bela Bognar's father told his son, "I would ...
Released:
1995
Rated:
NR
Length:
63 mins