Films for the Humanities and Sciences

Prague Spring

In 1968 Alexander Dubcek’s attempt to liberalize Communist rule in Czechoslovakia and to create "socialism with a human face" resulted in Soviet tanks in the streets of Prague. This program presents both the political détente behind Brezhnev’s position and the dissent that was silenced within the Warsaw Pact alliance. In addition to extensive archival footage, contemporary interviews with leading Dubcek opponent Vasil Bilák; Jirí Pelikán, Czech radio director-general; Eduard Goldstüker of the Czech Writers’ Union; Izvestia correspondent Vladlen Krivosheyev; Grigori Yashkin, retired Soviet Army general; and Werner Mantzsch, GDR Army political officer, provide insights that reveal the dissent within the Eastern Bloc countries in the 1960s. A Deutsche Welle production. (29 minutes)

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Item#: BVL8756
Copyright date: ©1998
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-5800-6


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