Feature documentary “Golden Legends,” which focuses on the Hungarian men’s water polo team who were crowned Olympic champions three times running between 2000-2008, has broken the record for a theatrical release in Hungary of a local documentary.
Tamas S. Zákonyi’s film was released nationwide in Hungarian cinemas by Fórum Hungary at the end of April, and was in the Top 10 for six weeks. It has drawn more than 87,000 admissions, and grossed $470,782.
The film has overtaken 2016 Hungarian documentary “The Horsearcher,” which portrays archer and equestrian Lajos Kassai. That film scored 82,000 admissions.
“Golden Legends” is the most successful Hungarian film of any genre in local cinemas since romantic comedy “Christmas Flame” in 2021.
“We wanted to make a film with a feel-good tone, fast-paced, witty, but at the same time dramatic and emotional,” Zákonyi said. “[I wanted to create] a cinema experience which has a swimming pool atmosphere, where viewers can relive, among other things,...
Tamas S. Zákonyi’s film was released nationwide in Hungarian cinemas by Fórum Hungary at the end of April, and was in the Top 10 for six weeks. It has drawn more than 87,000 admissions, and grossed $470,782.
The film has overtaken 2016 Hungarian documentary “The Horsearcher,” which portrays archer and equestrian Lajos Kassai. That film scored 82,000 admissions.
“Golden Legends” is the most successful Hungarian film of any genre in local cinemas since romantic comedy “Christmas Flame” in 2021.
“We wanted to make a film with a feel-good tone, fast-paced, witty, but at the same time dramatic and emotional,” Zákonyi said. “[I wanted to create] a cinema experience which has a swimming pool atmosphere, where viewers can relive, among other things,...
- 8/4/2023
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
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