Year of the Revolution 1848

The Czech revival movement is divided at the end of the first half of the 19th century. While the older generation, such as František Palacký, urges restraint, students lean towards radical positions. A report on the revolutionary events in Paris prompts Czech Prague residents to write down the demands of the Czech nation for self-determination and the proclamation of a constitution. Tensions peak during the All-Slavic Congress in Prague's Žofín. Vienna rejects the Czech demands and the congress is brutally dispersed by the Austrian police. Prague begins to build barricades...

Equipo

Director

Václav Krška

Guionista

Otakar Vávra

MV

Miloš Václav Kratochvíl

Compositor

FŠ

František Škvor

Director de fotografía

JS

Jan Stallich

Montador

JK

Jan Kohout

Reparto

Vladimír Ráž

Josef Václav Fric, student

Václav Voska

Karel Sabina, spisovatel

Josef Bek

Karel Havlícek Borovský, spisovatel

Zdeněk Štěpánek

historik František Palacký

František Smolík

Josef Frantisek Fric

HF

Helena Friedlová

Josefova matka

Vlasta Fabianová

Bozena Nemcová, spisovatelka

Zdeněk Dítě

Mikovec

Soběslav Sejk

Nosek

Jaroslav Mareš

Majzner

Jiří Plachý

politik František August Brauner

Vítězslav Boček

Pravoslav Trojan