My Homeland

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.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

75 minutes

Year:

1976

Director:

Robert Vas

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Company:

BBC

Cast:
Michael Bryant

Reader

Judi Dench

Reader

Crew:
Robert Vas

Director

Robert Vas

Writer

Barrie Gavin

Executive Producer

Béla Bartók

Music

Zoltán Kodály

Music