Elective Affinities

Plot Summary

Documentary showing the Czechoslovakian political landscape in March 1968, when president Antonin Novotny, a hardline Stalinist, stepped down and moderate communist Ludvik Svoboda was elected. Five months later, in August 68, the Prague Spring would end with the military intervention of the Warsaw Pact.

Top Cast

Ludvík Svoboda Self

Oldřich Černík Self

Alexander Dubček Self

Antonín Novotný Self

Josef Smrkovský Self