Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy

Nan
1968

Overview

Country : United States of America
Languages : English, Český
Released Date: 1968-01-01

Top Billed Cast

James J. McDonald

Self - Reporter

Karel Gott

Self

Ota Šik

Self

Ludvík Svoboda

Self

Igor Tomeš

Self

František Tomášek

Self

Václav Havel

Self

Jan Werich

Self

Nicolae Ceaușescu

Self

Josip Broz Tito

Self

Alexander Dubček

Self (archive footage)

Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk

Self (archive footage)

R. Vilem Perina

Self - Interpretor

Sam Gray

Narrator (voice)

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