After the occupation of Czechoslovakia by the armies of the Warsaw Pact, Jan Palach, a student of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, immolated himself in front of the museum on Wenceslas Square. On January 16, 1969, he sacrificed himself in protest against the Czech citizenry’s growing lethargy, which ensued after the acceptance of the Moscow Protocol. It was signed in Moscow by the Czech “Prague Spring” government that, after a period of hope, betrayed its citizens once and for all. We examine the historical facts presented here in light of recently discovered archive documents, photographs and film materials, published for the first time in this investigative film.

Writer / Kristina Vlachová    DoP / Josef Haberland    Editor / Jiří Mikula    Sound / Michal Janoušek , Jan Zenger

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