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.

Director: Karel Vachek

Cast: Ludvík Svoboda, Oldřich Černík, Alexander Dubček, Antonín Novotný, Josef Smrkovský, Ota Šik, Jan Procházka, Josef Špaček

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