Elective Affinities

Karel Vachek
1968-11-08


4.2
85 min

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

Name Character Team
Ludvík Svoboda Self Unowned
Oldřich Černík Self Unowned
Alexander Dubček Self Unowned
Antonín Novotný Self Unowned
Josef Smrkovský Self Unowned
Ota Šik Self Unowned
Jan Procházka Self Unowned
Josef Špaček Self Unowned
Gustáv Husák Self Unowned
Marie Švermová Self Unowned
Miroslav Galuška Self Unowned
Karel Kosík Self Unowned
Radoslav Selucký Self Unowned
Bohuslav Laštovička Self Unowned
Jiří Hájek Self Unowned
Eduard Goldstücker Self Unowned
Čestmír Císař Self Unowned
Karel Ptáčník Self Unowned
Jan Otčenášek Self Unowned
Pavel Kohout Self Unowned
Zdeněk Fierlinger Self Unowned
Josef Borůvka Self Unowned
Vasil Biľak Self Unowned
Josef Plojhar Self Unowned