new best friend, who would also become a cinematographer, laszlo koufax. then in 1956, something amazing happened. hated emblems of red tyranny went down as hungarian patriots for ten glorious days sent armored russians which pitted rifles against tanks. few blocks away, where the statue of stalin used to be under the first night, actually, when the revolution started, the people wanted to take the statue down. it took about a couple of hours, actually, to cut mr. stalin s legs off. and naturally, the next day, people took pieces home as a souvenir. to date, this was something that had never been done. the hungarians took to the streets. a revolution. that s when vilmos and laszlo