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Dubček (2018)

Dubček poster
Original title
Dubček: Krátka jar, dlhá zima
Directed by
Laco Halama
Genre
drama film, biographical film, historical film
Country
Slovakia, Czech Republic
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows the life of Alexander Dubček, a Slovak politician. It shows his efforts to reform Czechoslovakia's communist government in the 1960s. It also covers his resignation after the Warsaw Pact invasion.

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What happens

Dubček (Slovak: Dubček – Krátka jar, dlhá zima lit. 'Dubček – Short Spring, Long Winter') is a 2018 Slovak historical film based on life of Alexander Dubček, a Slovak politician who served as the First Secretary of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) and who attempted to reform the communist government during the Prague Spring but was forced to resign following the Warsaw Pact invasion in August 1968. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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