film school in budapest, learning his craft along with his new best friend who d also go on to become a legendary cinematographer, laszlo kovacs. then, in 1956, something amazing happened. announcer: hated emblems of red tyranny went down as hungarian patriots, for ten glorious days, sent russian armored might reeling in the struggle which pitted raw courage and rifles against tanks. vilmos: few blocks away where the statue of stalin used to be and the first night, actually, when the revolution started the people wanted to take the statue down. it took about couple hours actually to cut mr. stalin s legs off and they actually dragged him around the city, you know, the next day people took pieces home as a souvenir. anthony: to date, this was something that had never been done, the hungarians took to the streets. a revolution. that s when vilmos and laszlo and some pals snuck
learning his craft along with his new best friend who d also go on to become a legendary cinematographer, laszlo kovacs. then, in 1956, something amazing happened. announcer: hated emblems of red tyranny went down as hungarian patriots, for ten glorious days, sent russian armored might reeling in the struggle which pitted raw courage and rifles against tanks. vilmos: few blocks away where the statue of stalin used to be and the first night, actually, when the revolution started the people wanted to take the statue down. it took about couple hours actually to cut mr. stalin s legs off and they actually dragged him around the city, you know, the next day people took pieces home as a souvenir. anthony: to date, this was something that had never been done. the hungarians took to the streets.
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
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 and some pals snuck 35
hated emblems of red tyranny went down as hub guerin patriots for ten glorious days sent armored russians which pitted rifles against tanks. 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 get 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 and some pals snuck 35 millimeter cameras and film out of their school s equipment room, and at great risk to themselves, joined their