Directed by:
Attila SzászScreenplay:
Norbert KöbliCinematography:
András NagyComposer:
Gergely ParádiCast:
János Kulka, Tamás Szabó Kimmel, József Kádas, Rozi Lovas, Rémusz Szikszai, László I. Kish, Móni Balsai, Ádám Lábodi, Mariann Szalay, László Katona (more)Plots(1)
One of the most dramatic attempts by an Eastern European nation to defy Soviet control during the Cold War period took place in Hungary in 1956.
On August 16, 1958, two Hungarian immigrants break into the Hungarian embassy in Bern and take the ambassador hostage. As the Swiss police besiege 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.
Based on a true story about the aftermath of the 1956 Hungarian revolution, the film is a fictional account of the 1958 attack against the Hungarian embassy in Bern.
(IFF Bratislava)
Cast
János Kulka
Hungary
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Tamás Szabó Kimmel
Hungary
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József Kádas
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Rozi Lovas
Hungary
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Made in Hungaria (2009)
The Ambassador to Bern (2014)
Rémusz Szikszai
Romania
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László I. Kish
Switzerland
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Móni Balsai
Hungary
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Ádám Lábodi
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Mariann Szalay
Hungary
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László Katona
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Péter Takátsy
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András Jáger
Hungary
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Zoltán Tamási
Hungary
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The Ambassador to Bern (2014)
Sarolta Zöldhegyi
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The Ambassador to Bern (2014)
Gábor Maday
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Júlia Huzella
Hungary
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Ferenc Elek
Hungary
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Ákos Kőszegi
Hungary
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Zijian Győző Yang
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Caroline Schneider
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The Ambassador to Bern (2014)