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United States & Hungary Google AI Overview József Cardinal Mindszenty’s confession, which was used as evidence against him, was widely believed to have been obtained through torture and manipulation, including the use of the drug scopolamine. He was eventually released from prison during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution but then sought asylum at the U.S. embassy in Budapest, where he lived for 15 years. A 1950 Hollywood film, Guilty of Treason, was written by Emmet Lavery and Mindszenty. Mindszenty had been a vocal opponent of both the Nazi and Communist regimes in Hungary, which made him a target of the Communist government. Wikipedia Alec Guinness played Mindszenty in the 1955 British thriller, The Prisoner, loosely based on Mindszenty's imprisonment. Guinness became a Catholic in 1956. The two-part 1966 episode “Old Man Out” of television’s Mission: Impossible was loosely based on Mindszenty. The series’ protagonists were tasked with smuggling him out of prison and country before his execution. Scopolamine Scopolamine, aka hyoscine, or Devil's Breath, is a medication used to treat motion sickness and postoperative nausea and vomiting. Odd One Out Imagine a group of items: apple, banana, orange, potato.
Born 1892, Mindszenty died in exile in Vienna, 1975. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EU-Hungary.svg
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