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Elective Affinities

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.

Top Cast

  • Ludvík Svoboda

    Ludvík Svoboda

    Self

  • Oldřich Černík

    Oldřich Černík

    Self

  • Alexander Dubček

    Alexander Dubček

    Self

  • Antonín Novotný

    Antonín Novotný

    Self

  • Josef Smrkovský

    Josef Smrkovský

    Self

  • Ota Šik

    Ota Šik

    Self

  • Jan Procházka

    Jan Procházka

    Self

  • Josef Špaček

    Josef Špaček

    Self

  • Gustáv Husák

    Gustáv Husák

    Self

Overview

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.

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