Elective Affinities

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Elective Affinities (1968)

Directed by Karel Vachek

Documentary · 1h 25m

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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Cast

Ludvík Svoboda Self
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Oldřich Černík Self Alexander Dubček Self Antonín Novotný Self
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Josef Smrkovský Self
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Ota Šik Self
J
Jan Procházka Self
J
Josef Špaček Self Gustáv Husák Self
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Marie Švermová Self
M
Miroslav Galuška Self
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Karel Kosík Self

Crew

Director
Karel Vachek
Screenplay
Karel Vachek
Director of Photography
Jozef Ort-Šnep
Editor
Jiřina Skalská

Details

Original title
Spřízněni volbou
Release date
1968-11-08
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
CS
Spoken languages
Czech, Slovak
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Production
Krátký film Praha – Studio dokumentárních filmů