Liar of Hungary: A true story (screenplay outline)

By S C Smith

Based on the true story (screenplay outline) of a young Hungarian boy during the Holocaust.

Title: Liar of Hungary
Format: Screenplay Outline
Based on a True Story

Logline:
Amid the horrors of World War II, a clever and resilient Hungarian boy survives the Holocaust-not through strength or hiding, but through the power of lies, imagination, and identity-shifting. Liar of Hungary is a gripping, character-driven survival story about the cost of truth, the courage of deception, and the thin line between victim and trickster.

Overview:
Liar of Hungary is a historical drama inspired by a true story of a young Hungarian boy who evades Nazi persecution by fabricating identities, talking his way past checkpoints, and slipping through tightening nooses of suspicion. As war rages and family is lost, his survival hinges not on brute force but on audacity, wit, and instinct.

Set across Budapest, the countryside, and a series of harrowing encounters with fascist guards, sympathizers, and bystanders, the film traces a coming-of-age arc that is both deeply human and morally complex. He is a boy forced to grow up overnight, crafting lies that save his life-yet leave deep scars.

This is not the tale of a hidden child in an attic, nor a refugee on the run through the forest. It is a story of performance, improvisation, and the blurred ethics of survival under tyranny.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1511903031
• ISBN13: 9781511903035
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 38 Pages
• Weight: 0.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"