Summaries

A fictional account of the 1958 attack against the Hungarian embassy in Bern. Based on a true story about the aftermath of the 1956 Hungarian revolution.

On August 16, 1958 two Hungarian immigrants break into the Hungarian embassy in Bern and take the ambassador hostage. As the Swiss police surrounds 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.—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • shootout
  • immigrant
  • embassy
  • communism
  • romania
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Drama
  • History
Release date Feb 24, 2014
Countries of origin Hungary
Official sites Official Facebook
Language German Hungarian
Filming locations Budapest, Hungary
Production companies Film Positive Productions

Box office

Budget $150000000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 16m
Color Color
Aspect ratio

Synopsis

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