‘Freedom’s Fury’ (2008): Blood Match at the Olympics

The 1956 water polo match between the Soviet and Hungarian teams turned into a battle for freedom.

Hungarian Ervin Zador, profusely bleeding from his wounded eye, is escorted from the pool during the water polo match between the Soviet Union and Hungary, in "Freedom's Fury." Cinergi Pictures Entertainment

NR | 1h 30m | Documentary | 2008

Viewers will hear many references to the “Olympic spirit” during the Paris Games, but what does that really mean? Does it refer to so-called sportswashing, when oppressive regimes, like Germany in 1936 and China in 2008, host the Olympics to distract from their abysmal human rights records?