Árpád Brusznyai, martyr of Veszprém in 1956, was born one hundred years ago. The feature film Ritmusgyakorlatok presents the parallel story of Árpád Brusznyai and his family, as well as the dreaded party leader of Veszprém, János Papp.

Árpád Brusznyai is one of the emblematic heroes of 1956: when we say rural revolution, we think of the thirty-three-year-old high school teacher who, when history enters his life, grows up to this task, said Réka Földváryné Kiss, the National President of the Memorial Committee.

"In Veszprém, he formulated and then represented the revolutionary demands. But what is at least as important: he kept order. Despite the revolutionary atmosphere, he organized his life along the lines of legality. And it goes beyond his personal fate, how a responsible civilian became a 'fifty-six-year-old martyr'. Why did the authorities have to execute him? – this is what the film points to," said Réka Földváryné Kiss.

The president of the National Remembrance Committee called it important to be able to give history a face.

„Our '56 heroes were people just like us.”

He added: Brusznyai's wife, Ilona Honti, kept a diary that was discovered recently.

" Through the diary, we can get a glimpse of the family's history. What is it like when a three-year-old girl waits for her father to come home, and a wife for her husband, and fights, struggles and keeps the spirit in the family against an oppressive power. We also see that they were hoping for a life sentence, because it meant life, and we also see that in the second instance, through the intervention of a party secretary, someone who did not break the law in any way gets death, "he said.

Mrs. Földváryné Kiss Réka also called the mother's later story poignant, since the woman also cherished the memory of 1956 by cherishing the memory of her executed husband.

Regarding the feature film Ritmusgyakorlatok, the president of the National Remembrance Committee said that two people of the same age appear in the film. One of them is Árpád Brusznyai, the teacher, the other is the party leader of Veszprém, János Papp. Director Tamás Novák poignantly presents their parallel story. The director uses the diary a lot, which makes the film personal.

The message of the work is not only heroic standing, but also that there is personal responsibility in every age.

The film will soon be broadcast by the public media, but it can also be accessed on the website of the National Remembrance Committee.

Source: hirado.hu

Cover photo: President of the Republic László Sólyom unveils the monument to the fifty-six-year-old martyr Árpád Brusznyai, the work of Kossuth Prize-winning sculptor Miklós Melocco, on Megyeház Square in Veszprém on January 9, 2008 (Photo: MTI/Tibor Illyés)