JAN PALACH
| M O N 1 3 M A Y | 9 P M |
This biopic portrays the last six months in the life of Jan Palach. The philosophy student self-immolated to protest against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia to crush the Prague Spring. The film opens with a dream-like sequence showing Jan lost in a snowy forest before seguing into the rapid developments of 1968. The "Prague hero's" death got worldwide attention and galvanized the nation with 600,000 people attending his funeral.
DRAMA, 2018 | 124 MIN | RATING TBA | CZECH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
D I R E C T O R
Robert Sedláček
C A S T
Viktor Zavadil (Jan Palach), Zuzana Bydžovská, Denisa Barešová, Michal Balcar, Jan Vondráček
H O N O R S / A C C O L A D E S
Best Film – Czech Film Critics Award, 2019
