Young director Honza David films the Russian invasion in in Prague in August 1968. With Eva the love of his life he tries to get out of the country. He wants to bring the explosive material to Vienna, to the director of the Austrian Television Helmut Zilk. He knows Eva very well but the Czech Secret Service even better ...
Cinematography
Gritty period recreation of 1968 Prague streets.
Acting
Vica Kerekes brings dangerous warmth to a complex role.
Director
Franz Novotny
Kryštof Hádek
Jan David
Vica Kerekes
Eva
Johannes Zeiler
Helmut Zilk
David Novotný
Nahodil
Jenovéfa Boková
Žofie
Dana Marková
Diana
Gerrit Jansen
Markus
Ondřej Malý
Hadek
Vilma Cibulková
Studio Manager
Michael Fuith
Popp
Ondřej Gregor Brzobohatý
Oskar
Václav Helšus
Jarda
Heribert Sasse
Fuchs
Eva Spreitzhofer
Helga
Hilde Dalik
Susi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Prague Spring remains a defining trauma in Czech collective memory, rarely depicted in English-language cinema.
Director Franz Novotny previously documented the actual 1968 invasion as a teenager; this fictionalizes what he couldn't film.
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