Overview
The Czech revival movement is divided at the end of the first half of the 19th century. While the older generation, such as František Palacký, urges restraint, students lean towards radical positions. A report on the revolutionary events in Paris prompts Czech Prague residents to write down the demands of the Czech nation for self-determination and the proclamation of a constitution. Tensions peak during the All-Slavic Congress in Prague's Žofín. Vienna rejects the Czech demands and the congress is brutally dispersed by the Austrian police. Prague begins to build barricades...
DirectorVáclav Krška
ScreenplayMiloš Václav Kratochvíl, Otakar Vávra
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Vladimír Ráž
Josef Václav Fric, student
Václav Voska
Karel Sabina, spisovatel
Josef Bek
Karel Havlícek Borovský, spisovatel
Zdeněk Štěpánek
historik František Palacký
František Smolík
Josef Frantisek Fric
Helena Friedlová
Josefova matka
Vlasta Fabianová
Bozena Nemcová, spisovatelka
Zdeněk Dítě
Mikovec
Soběslav Sejk
Nosek
Jaroslav Mareš
Majzner
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LanguageCzech
Production companiesČeskoslovenský státní film
