Elective Affinities
1968•1h 25m•5.0•Released
Documentary
Documentary showing the Czechoslovakian political landscape in March 1968, when president Antonin Novotny, a hardline Stalinist, stepped down and moderate communist Ludvik Svoboda was elected. Five months later, in August 68, the Prague Spring would end with the military intervention of the Warsaw Pact.
Director
Karel Vachek
Writer
Karel Vachek
Languages
Czech, Slovak
Studio
Krátký film Praha – Studio dokumentárních filmů
Cast
Ludvík Svoboda
Self
Oldřich Černík
Self
Alexander Dubček
Self
Antonín Novotný
Self
Josef Smrkovský
Self
Ota Šik
Self
Jan Procházka
Self
Josef Špaček
Self
Gustáv Husák
Self
Marie Švermová
Self
Miroslav Galuška
Self
Karel Kosík
Self
Radoslav Selucký
Self
Bohuslav Laštovička
Self
Jiří Hájek
Self
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