Tryzna AKA The Wake(1969)Prague Spring torrent

August 1968：As Seen by Slovak Documakers[part3]


Directed by: Peter Mihálik , Vlado Kuběnka , Dušan Trančík

Documentary, Czechoslovakia, 1969, 23 min.

Report on the death of Jan Palach to the streets spontaneously brought thousands of people, acquaintances (Rudolf Hrušínský, Vaclav Havel, Roman Kaliský etc.) and unknown. Prague, Brno and Bratislava becomes the scene of hunger strikes, protest petitions unorganized memorial ceremony. The film shows them day after day until the last farewell to Palach, including threatening symptoms recovering totalitarian power.

http://www.csfd.cz/film/222084-tryzna/