Elective Affinities
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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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Karel Vachek Director · Jozef Ort-Šnep Cinematographer Jiřina Skalská Editor
First release November 8, 1968 · Produced in XC · Languages Czech, Slovak
Production
Krátký film Praha – Studio dokumentárních filmů
Production
XC
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Letopisy
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Original title
Spřízněni volbou
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech · Slovak
Release dates
XC · November 8, 1968
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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