A violent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_in_the_Water_match" id="mwrw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Blood in the Water match">water polo match</a> between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Summer_Olympics" id="mwsA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1956 Summer Olympics">1956 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne" id="mwsQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, against the backdrop of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956" id="mwsg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hungarian Revolution of 1956">Hungarian Revolution of 1956</a>.