The Journey
The Journey is a 1959 American drama film directed by Anatole Litvak. A group of Westerners try to flee Hungary after the Soviet Union moves to crush the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. It has Ron Howard in his first credited acting role, Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Jason Robards and Robert Morley. Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner were paired again since they starred in The King and I in 1956, where he had an Oscar-winning performance. The Journey was shot in Metrocolor.
Plot
In 1956 a group of passengers stranded at Budapest Airport during the Hungarian uprising are taken in a bus towards the frontier with neutral Austria. From there they intend to drive to Vienna.
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| author | George Tabori |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Europe |
| director | Anatole Litvak |
| editor | Dorothy Spencer |
| events | Cold War Hungarian Revolution of 1956 |
| genre | drama western |
| keywords | arrest budapest airport budapest ferenc liszt international airport drive gunshot wound happen hungarian uprising love interest morning on edge question smuggle speak strand trap uprise |
| musicBy | Georges Auric |
| producer | Anatole Litvak |
| productionCompany | Alby Pictures |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| recordedAt | Austria |
| theme | war |