At the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, the Hungarian water polo team faces off againt the Russian i...
At the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, the Hungarian water polo team faces off againt the Russian in what will become known as one of the bloodiest matches in the sport's history.
Children of Glory will commemorate Hungary's heroic Revolution of 1956, and takes place in Budapest and at the Melbourne Olympic Games in October and November of that year. While Soviet tanks were destroying Hungary, the Hungarian water polo team was winning over the Soviets in the Olympic pool in Melbourne, in what has been described as the bloodiest water polo match in history.