Ludvík Svoboda

Decadence and Downfall: The Shah of Iran's Ultimate Party (2016)

The story of a famously lavish five-day party held by the Shah of Iran in 1971 to celebrate 2,500 years of Persian monarchy. The event was held at a specially constructed oasis surrounded by a city of tents and attended by 60 world leaders, who enjoyed a f ...

Vtedy v auguste (1990)

Flame of Persia (1971)

A film documenting the exorbitant 2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire, held in October 1971, organized by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and attended by leaders from around the world. ...

Czechoslovakia 1968 (1969)

Short documentary about 50 years of history of Czechoslovakia, with archive images. ...

Elective Affinities (1968)

Documentary showing the Czechoslovakian political landscape in March 1968, when president Antonin Novotny, a hardline Stalinist, stepped down and moderate communist Ludvik Svoboda was elected. Five months later, in August 68, the Prague Spring would end wi ...

Oratorio for Prague (1968)

A unique document of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, what began as a documentary about the liberalization of Czechoslovakia evolved into a record of the entry of Russian tanks into Prague. ...

Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy (1968)

100 let (1968)

Documentary film from the nationwide celebrations of the centenary of the foundation stone of the National Theater in Prague. ...