Elective Affinities (1968)

Name: Elective Affinities
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1968-11-08
Duration: 85 min
Cast: Ludvík Svoboda, Oldřich Černík, Alexander Dubček, Antonín Novotný, Josef Smrkovský

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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Released 1968-11-08 · 85 min · Documentary

Directed by Karel Vachek

Cast

Ludvík Svoboda as Self
Oldřich Černík as Self
Alexander Dubček as Self
Antonín Novotný as Self
Josef Smrkovský as Self
Ota Šik as Self
Jan Procházka as Self
Josef Špaček as Self
Gustáv Husák as Self
Marie Švermová as Self
Miroslav Galuška as Self
Karel Kosík as Self
Radoslav Selucký as Self
Bohuslav Laštovička as Self
Jiří Hájek as Self