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Oratorio for Prague

(1968)

September 29, 1968 0h 29m
71%
TMDB Score

Overview

A unique document of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, what began as a documentary about the liberalization of Czechoslovakia evolved into a record of the entry of Russian tanks into Prague.

Jan Němec

Director

Top Billed Cast

AD

Alexander Dubček

Self (archive footage)

LS

Ludvík Svoboda

Self (archive footage)

JS

Josef Smrkovský

Self (archive footage)

Oldřich Černík

Self (archive footage)

ČC

Čestmír Císař

Self (archive footage)

ZM

Zdeněk Mlynář

Self (archive footage)

NC

Nicolae Ceaușescu

Self (archive footage)

AK

Alexei Kosygin

Self (archive footage)

JN

Jan Němec

Self

GM

Gene Moskowitz

Commentary (voice)