Student demonstrators were murdered, the countrys new leaders deposed.
Moscows message was clear: There would be no deviation.
Until 1989, the countrys neck would stay under the Russian boot.
‘Waves’Dawson Films
This hardscrabble bunch of journalists and technicians is right at the coalface of the struggle against censorship.
Radio is the revolutions message stick.
We stand with you!
We stand with you!
As the story begins, Tomas Havlik (Vojtech Vodochodsky) isnt one of them.
Pavel continues to be the authorities bargaining chip when Tomas gets a job at Czechoslovak Radio.
Time to take a broader view of the situation, dont you think?
History informs us what happened next.
Alexander Dubcek led a delegation to Moscow to negotiate a withdrawal that was rejected.
When he returned to Prague, they were back to business as usual, locked behind the Iron Curtain.
But the flame had been lit.
Comrade Dubcek, with his cheerful grin and big ideas, would be back.
But that, as they say, is another story.
