Elective Affinities (1968)

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.

Cast

Self
Ludvík Svoboda
Self
O Oldřich Černík
Self
M Miroslav Galuška
Self
K Karel Kosík
Self
R Radoslav Selucký
Self
B Bohuslav Laštovička
Self
Jiří Hájek
Self
E Eduard Goldstücker
Self
Čestmír Císař
Self
K Karel Ptáčník
Self
J Jan Otčenášek
Self
Pavel Kohout
Self
Alexander Dubček
Self
Z Zdeněk Fierlinger
Self
J Josef Borůvka
Self
V Vasil Biľak
Self
J Josef Plojhar
Self
Antonín Novotný
Self
J Josef Smrkovský
Self
O Ota Šik
Self
J Jan Procházka
Self
J Josef Špaček
Self
Gustáv Husák
Self
M Marie Švermová

Crew

Director
Karel Vachek
Story
Karel Vachek
Screenplay
Karel Vachek
Director of Photography
J Jozef Ort-Šnep
Editor
J Jiřina Skalská
Sound
Z Zbyněk Mader
Production Manager
P Petr Brada
Production Manager
S Stanislav Litera
Dramaturgy
V Václav Borovička