I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Don't listen to the negative reviews

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

After seeing this film for the second time, I am even more convinced that it is one of the best documentary films I have seen. Klaudia and her team do a masterful job of weaving fascinating archival footage with historical perspective and personal interviews that are at times heart warming and at other times gut wrenching. I have never seen the story of 1956 told by including interviews with freedom fighters as well as AVO (the hated secret police) officers and even Russian soldiers.This film is an unforgettable history lesson for those interested in the events that lead up to the 1956 Revolution in Hungary, what happened during those fateful days when the Soviet Union was brought to it's knees by the youth of a tiny nation, and the days after the Revolution was crushed. Unlike other films on this topic, Torn from the Flag does a remarkable job of providing international context for this period, by including footage from other countries, historical information about major influencing global factors (Eisenhowers re-election, United Nations proceedings and the Suez Canal) and interviews with historical figures (Kissinger, Hapsburg, etc) and a handful of historians.As the proud daughter and granddaughter of '56-ers, the Revolution is an important topic for me and a story I feel it is important to tell over and over again in as many forms of media as possible. The spirit of 1956 must live on. This film not only does it justice, but it also takes the topic to a whole new audience. Bravo.

The subject (Hungarian Uprising of 1956), which has been unjustly neglected, is well worth filming and I learned things I hadn't known before or had forgotten. The movie itself is obviously the director's first feature, and as such it has both the flaws of a first feature and the promise of a director who has the main principle right: find a good story, especially one that has not been filmed before. One problem is that there is too much time devoted to talking heads, which got a bit boring, at least for me. The director might have used more of the talk (reminiscences and analysis) as voice-overs while showing archival footage, much of which is excellent. That could have tightened the film, which needed greater variety of pace and a sense of build-up. That said, I'm glad I saw it and I recommend it. It's good and worth seeing, but don't expect a masterpiece. Some of the comments about it are from the heart and draw on personal memories and more intimate (family?) knowledge of the events. I can't and don't argue with that, for this is valid. I write as someone not of Hungarian descent who is interested in the subject and in films. I wanted to like it more than I actually did, though I did.

Torn from the Flag - How can I convey in words the emotion I felt and the education I received watching this documentary and do it justice?This documentary film shows the dramatic events which led to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and consequently the collapse of the USSR Communist state decades later. The producers interviewed several actual Freedom Fighters and other participants with various points of view, so Torn from the Flag is not a mere repetition of the same news stories of the Hungarian Revolution we have heard many times before. In fact, in 90 minutes, the audience is shocked, brought to tears, witnesses the bloody struggle and the apparent short-lived victory which was achieved by the Freedom Fighters. Days later, the Hungarians' joy of freedom and hope for independence was brutally crushed by a merciless, overbearing dictatorial superpower, which was followed by severe retribution by the new communist government. Desperation replaced hope in Hungary, and the world stood by and did nothing. Why did the free world allow this suppression of liberty?This story must be told and kept alive so that current generations better understand what occurred and future generations do not forget this struggle for freedom.Thank you, Ms.Kovacs and company for this valiant production!

Kladia Kovacs' documentary is a testament to those who fought for the principles of freedom from tyranny. That is why this film is so relevant and poignant today. The lessons learned by revolutions are often painful but necessary ones, and that is what is conveyed in "Torn from the Flag". What I enjoyed about this film were the interviews with both the veterans of the revolution and those working for the Soviet side. These interviews are inter-cut with images and footages of the actual events making for a nicely balanced and well edited piece of film making: objective yet personal.The 1956 Hungarian revolution may not be discussed much in American history classes and schools, but if anything the event played a pivotal role in changing the course of the history of a nation, its people and some may say a continent. And this is what the documentary so deftly portrays. Kudos!