Oratorio for Prague

6.8 1968 29m

Documentary

A unique document of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, what began as a documentary about the liberalization of Czechoslovakia evolved into a record of the entry of Russian tanks into Prague.

Directed by Jan Němec

CAST

The people behind the story

Alexander DubčekSelf (archive footage)

Ludvík SvobodaSelf (archive footage)

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Josef SmrkovskýSelf (archive footage)

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Oldřich ČerníkSelf (archive footage)

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Čestmír CísařSelf (archive footage)

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Zdeněk MlynářSelf (archive footage)

Nicolae CeaușescuSelf (archive footage)

Alexei KosyginSelf (archive footage)

CURATED SCREEN

Oratorio for Prague

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