“…The film depicts foreign reactions as well as the political considerations and conduct of the Great Powers. Recently rediscovered contemporary news footages from American, French, German and Russian archives further enrich the visual content of this documentary.…”

“…Small countries are no less concerned with retaining their national and political identity than Great Powers. The Uprising was a spontaneous outburst of the Hungarian people against the intolerable oppression of tyrannical and largely alien rule, and for the cause of national freedom. …”

“…Alongside Europe's better-known stories - human, national and international - he examines subjects often spurned or neglected - Europe's stateless nations, for example, as well as the nation-states and great powers, and the minority groups from heretics and lepers to Romanies, Jews, and Muslims. …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Czechoslovakia: new government sworn in, premier resigns <br/>- Massive demonstrations in Sofia <br/>- USSR: CPSU Central Committee in session, demonstrations <br/>- Position of the great powers after the fall of the Berlin Wall <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- "national summit": premier and opposition hold press conference <br/>- Vienna-Budapest exhibition <br/>- The Corvina collection <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- Budget calculated with 19.5 percent inflation next year <br/>- Rise in rents and mortgage interest rates Külpolitika: <br/>- Csehszlovákia: az új kormány eskütétele, az államfő lemondása <br/>- Hatalmas tüntetés Szófiában <br/>- SZU: SZKP KB ülés, tüntetések <br/>- Nagyhatalmak a Berlini Fal leomlása utáni helyzetről <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- "nemzeti csúcs": kormányfői és ellenzéki sajtótájékoztató <br/>- Bécs-Budapest kiállítás <br/>- A Corvina gyűjtemény <br/><br/>Gazdaság: <br/>- 19.5 százalékos jövő évi inflációval számol a költségvetés <br/>- Felemelik a lakbéreket és a lakáshitelek kamatait…”