Wrong. The revolution of 1956 (crushed by the Soviets) was one of the greatest events in the history of human liberty. A stupid Hollywood film is nothing in comparison.
Regards, Ivan
I actually sat in a man's shop while he told me about fighting the Soviets in '56. He was about in his 60s and told me that this one older man with only one leg organized him and other children to drop Molotav (sp?) cocktails through vents in the tanks. Supposedly, when the Soviets came back (after the Hungarians kicked them out) his tutor got burned alive after being shot with a one of the cocktails in his hand. Some of his childhood friends had gotten killed, also. Someone needs to go back, record these guys stories, and make a damn good history book. If you love travelling for culture and history, by all means go to Budapest. If you want to party, go somewhere else, though. The mob runs it now and you'll get yourself robbed.
As the son of a Hungarian who escaped during the 1956 uprising, I have visited Budapest several times over the last 20 years.
The most amazing sight is the former Ministry of Defense Building. It is pock-marked with bullet holes and tank fire. Yet the Hungarians have kept this building intact and have denied any efforts to restore it.
They want to keep the building as a reminder of what Communism does to a free people and that they will never, ever allow this to happen again.