The story of 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.
Între 1993 și 1999, un bărbat a jefuit 29 de instituții financiare din Budapesta: bănci, oficii poștale și chiar agenții de turism. Polițiștii nu au avut niciun indiciu și nici nu părea că-l vor găsi. Singurul indiciu lăsat la locul jafului era mirosul de whisky. Presa l-a numit banditul whisky, iar el nu a rănit niciodată pe nimeni. Attila Ambrus, un imigrant transilvănean, care a fost portarul uneia dintre cele mai importante echipe de hochei din oraș, a fost identificat ca fiind banditul whisky. Polițiștii îl prinseseră în sfârșit sau cel puțin așa credeau.
A pirate radio, the girl next door, and a test of friendship.
A Minister and the Secretary of the Opposition party go to a 5 star hotel to conduct a secret affair. Their plans are ruined when they discover a corpse lodged in the window of their room.
People say the true love lasts longer than life, but they don't mean it, and they are right: love ends when life does, except if it isn't.