Sunshine
The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century. The film follows a Jewish family living in Hungary through three generations, rising from humble beginnings to positions of wealth an…
Sunshine
The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century. The film follows a Jewish family living in Hungary through three generations, rising from humble beginnings to positions of wealth and power in the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire. The patriarch becomes a prominent judge but is torn when his government sanctions anti-Jewish persecutions. His son converts to Christianity to advance his career as a champion fencer and Olympic hero, but is caught up in the Holocaust. Finally, the grandson, after surviving war, revolution, loss, and betrayal, realizes that his ultimate allegiance must be to himself and his heritage. —<gatsby@freemail.hu>
Sunshine
Drama,History,Romance
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The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century. The film follows a Jewish family living in Hungary through three generations, rising from humble beginnings to positions of wealth and power in the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire. The patriarch becomes a prominent judge but is torn when his government sanctions anti-Jewish persecutions.
His son converts to Christianity to advance his career as a champion fencer and Olympic hero, but is caught up in the Holocaust. Finally, the grandson, after surviving war, revolution, loss, and betrayal, realizes that his ultimate allegiance must be to himself and his heritage. —<gatsby@freemail.hu>.