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Retrospective 2023
Filmstill Black Days
Black Days
Ladislav Kudelka, Milan Černák, Ctibor Kováč, Štefan Kamenický
The invasion of Warsaw Pact troops in August 1968 from a Slovak perspective. Politicians and the population search for an appropriate attitude between caution and determination.
Filmstill Black Days

Black Days

Čierne dni
Ladislav Kudelka, Milan Černák, Ctibor Kováč, Štefan Kamenický
Retrospective 2023
Documentary Film
Czechoslovakia
1968
30 minutes
Slovak
Subtitles: 
English

“Stay calm and level-headed!” Endless armoured convoys, radio stations broadcasting their potentially last announcements and the Slovak Communist Party meeting Czech party representatives. Shaky images and wailing sirens testify to the tension as Warsaw Pact troops march into Bratislava, too, to suppress the Prague Spring.

Katharina Franck, Andreas Kötzing

Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Director
Ladislav Kudelka, Milan Černák, Ctibor Kováč, Štefan Kamenický
Cinematographer
Vladimír Holloš, Leopold Bródy, Pavel Čilek, Oskar Šághy, Mikuláš Fodor, Rudolf Ferko
Editor
Juraj Lexmann, Anna Forischová
Producer
Československý film Bratislava
Sound
Jozef Kováčik, Jaroslav Kopernický, Alexander Pallós, Ján Fabián