It would have been more useful if the truly encyclopaedic wealth of material had been broken up into a 3-4 part mini-series. There is simply too much going on in the almost 40 years of Széchenyi that the film wants to cover, so a lot of prior knowledge is needed for the viewer to understand everything.
The film has already been proclaimed a politically supported and inspired pro-government film by some of the press. Because of this, a hostile atmosphere surrounded the film from the beginning, making it difficult to judge objectively. The accusation that the film is 'falsifying history' comes mainly from the fact that it does not explicitly state that the protagonist committed suicide, but leaves this point open at the end of the film... Of course, this is now known as a fact, but it is still somewhat "floating" in the cultural history. Perhaps it is because the Austrian court really does drive Széchenyi to a quasi-suicide with the shadow of personal menace and the destruction of the family.
The film has already been proclaimed a politically supported and inspired pro-government film by some of the press. Because of this, a hostile atmosphere surrounded the film from the beginning, making it difficult to judge objectively. The accusation that the film is 'falsifying history' comes mainly from the fact that it does not explicitly state that the protagonist committed suicide, but leaves this point open at the end of the film... Of course, this is now known as a fact, but it is still somewhat "floating" in the cultural history. Perhaps it is because the Austrian court really does drive Széchenyi to a quasi-suicide with the shadow of personal menace and the destruction of the family.