From Utopia to the American Dream

Seven-year-old Janos Czingula of Debrecen Hungary dreamt of being a railroad man soldier pilot engineer actor and entrepreneur. But as he hunkered down with his family literally dodging the German and Russian bullets piercing the gatekeeper's house where they hid survival became his only ambition. He lived through World War II only to be trapped behind the Iron Curtain unable to realize any of his ambitions. Unwilling to accept the indignities of Communism and facing persecution in the aftermath of the1956 Hungarian Uprising he was forced to flee his family friends and the only life he'd ever known. A refugee Janos immigrated to America and became John: hard-working immigrant popular foreign student Hollywood actor and producer aviator skier businessman and successful entrepreneur. His utterly fascinating harrowing joyous journey is the true embodiment American Dream.