The first smile on the “human face” of socialism, in other words in the Prague Spring, during which there was a glimmer of hope that society as a whole would fully recover. The film, pieced together solely from period footage without commentary, chronologically recalls the key moments of an era when the process of democratization and revival was also accompanied by an extraordinary cultural boom, before its violent collapse.
1968 – Hope
Rok 68 – Naděje
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Viktor Polesný
- Script: Pavel Kosatík
- Cinematography: Kristián Hynek
- Editing: Zdeněk Patočka
- Music: Kamil Holub
- Production: Czech Television
- Producers: Anna Becková
- Format: ProRes
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Czech Republic
- Production Year: 2008
- Duration: 52'
- Contact: Czech Television, Festival Department jitka.prochazkova@ceskatelevize.cz
Viktor Polesný
Filmography
1986 Half-life
1994 The Dependence
2003 Forty Years Later
2008 Where Time Stands Still
2008 Rok 68 – Naděje | 1968 – Hope
2012 No Exodus