The Rape of Czechoslovakia

Weiss’s classic B&W agitprop short made after his escape to London just ahead of the Nazis. He carried with him three reels of material for his unrealized film ‘Dvacet Let Svobody’ (‘Twenty Years of Freedom’) i.e. 20 years of the existence of independent Czechoslovakia from its 1918 founding to 1938 when the Munich Agreement dissolved it. In English with poetic narration written by C. Day-Lewis (father of Daniel Day-Lewis).

Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
18 mins
Status
Finished
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Type
Movie
Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Episode Duration
18 mins
Status
Finished
Start Date
Jan 1, 1939
Season
1939
Average Score
70%
Mean Score
70%
Ratings
1
Popularity
1
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0
Reviews
0
Genres
Documentary
Country
GB

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Weiss’s classic B&W agitprop short made after his escape to London just ahead of the Nazis. He carried with him three reels of material for his unrealized film ‘Dvacet Let Svobody’ (‘Twenty Years of Freedom’) i.e. 20 years of the existence of independent Czechoslovakia from its 1918 founding to 1938 when the Munich Agreement dissolved it. In English with poetic narration written by C. Day-Lewis (father of Daniel Day-Lewis).

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