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6.3 0h 13m

Czechoslovakia 1968

Short documentary about 50 years of history of Czechoslovakia, with archive images.

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Top Cast

  • Leonid Brezhnev

    Leonid Brezhnev

    Self (archive footage)

  • Neville Chamberlain

    Neville Chamberlain

    Self (archive footage)

  • Alexander Dubček

    Alexander Dubček

    Self (archive footage)

  • Adolf Hitler

    Adolf Hitler

    Self (archive footage)

  • Ludvík Svoboda

    Ludvík Svoboda

    Self (archive footage)

Overview

Short documentary about 50 years of history of Czechoslovakia, with archive images.

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6.3 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    6 Jul 14, 2025

    Without any narration, it’s the soundtrack that is left to be the voice of this potted history of Czechoslovakia as it was annexed by Hitler, freed by the Soviets, had a brief time of relative peace and prosperity and then, in 1968, their erstwhile rescuers - as poignantly illustrated by a cartoon here - returned with their tanks and guns, only this time they were there to stay. It’s barely a quarter of an hour long, so barring a few significant images of the early days and the Nazis, it really focuses with an impressive array of archive on the invasion and of the protesters determined to hold onto their hard-fought freedoms in the face of overwhelming military superiority. You don’t need to be fully appraised of this nation’s history to get the gist here, and with the score changing from the oppressive to the jollier before reverting to something downbeat, we appreciate better how pictures speak a thousand words.

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