anatole litvak direct the 1959 film and the journey and star yul brynner and deborah kerr and robert morley and e. g. marshall and anne jackson and and jason robards . the film take place during the 1956 hungarian uprising and concern a group of traveler have problem get out of budapest because of political problem in that part of the world . they be put on a bus to vienna and but the russian and lead by major surov ( brynner ) confiscate their passport and hold them for question . one of the passenger be paul fleming ( robards ) and pose a an american but in reality a hungarian freedom fighter and whom the major believe be be smuggle out of hungary . in fact and lady ashmore ( kerr ) be hide him . she become the focus of the major romantic attention . very good film that convey the tension and hassle of the cold war and and all of the performance be wonderful . brynner be particularly excellent a the passionate major who isn not all bad and and anne jackson give a realistic and powerful performance a a pregnant woman who doesn not want her child bear in a communist country . good script and good director and good cast there should be more film like this . highly recommended .