Director Attila Szász's tautly constructed political thriller chronicles the day of August 16, 1958 when two Hungarian immigrants break into the Hungarian embassy in Bern and take the ambassador hostage. As the Swiss police surround the building and a group of Hungarian immigrants shows up on the street to demonstrate, a tense, twist-filled hostage drama plays out behind the closed doors of the embassy. The screenplay by Norbert Köbli ('The Exam') is based on a true story about the aftermath of the 1956 Hungarian revolution.
