Elective Affinities

1h 25m
Documentary
4.2

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.

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
Eduard Goldstücker
Self
Čestmír Císař
Self
Karel Ptáčník
Self
Jan Otčenášek
Self
Pavel Kohout
Self
Zdeněk Fierlinger
Self
Josef Borůvka
Self
Vasil Biľak
Self
Josef Plojhar
Self

Crew

Václav Borovička
Dramaturgy
Karel Vachek
Director, Screenplay, Story
Jiřina Skalská
Editor
Jozef Ort-Šnep
Director of Photography
Zbyněk Mader
Sound
Petr Brada
Production Manager
Stanislav Litera
Production Manager

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