Year of the Revolution 1848

Year of the Revolution 1848(1949)

12/23/1949 (US)Drama, History
NR

Overview

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...

Václav Krška

Director

Miloš Václav Kratochvíl

Story

Karel Josef Beneš

Story

Otakar Vávra

Story

Otakar Vávra

Screenplay

Miloš Václav Kratochvíl

Screenplay