Czech Republic

JAN PALACH

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   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