INVASION {PART 2 OF 3} (TV)
Summary
Continued from T83:0591. Part two of this three part docudrama on the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia on Aug. 20, 1968, based on Czech official Zdenek Mlynar's account and supplemented by independent research. Highlights include the following: the Russians take the Presidium members into protective custody; Dubcek and others are arrested by the Soviets; at noon in Dubcek's office, Mlynar questions a Soviet soldier about why the invasion took place; in Dubcek's office, the prisoners share food and beer with their Russian captors; at 10:00 p.m., a Soviet officer reports that a meeting is taking place at the highest level and everything is being sorted out; the Presidium members are freed; Mlynar and Sadovsky learn that the pro-Soviet faction of the Presidium is meeting the Soviet ambassador, who suggests the formation of a new government; the pro-Soviet faction tells Pres. Svoboda that they are forming a new government with Bilak succeeding Dubcek; Svoboda refuses to approve and flies to Moscow to see Brezhnev; and Dubcek and Cernik also go to Moscow. (U.K. airdate unknown; copyright 1980 Granada). Continues with T83:0593.
Details
- NETWORK: Granada (United Kingdom)
- DATE: November 30, 1979
- RUNNING TIME: 0:43:02
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T83:0592
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Czechoslovakia - History - 1968; Docudrama; International Collection - United Kingdom; U S S R - Foreign relations - Czechoslovakia
- SERIES RUN: Granada (United Kingdom) - TV, 1980
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Eva Kolouchova … Producer
- Leslie Woodhead … Producer, Director
- David Boulton … Producer, Writer
- Zdenek Mlynar … Adapted by
- Paul Wilson … Based on translation by
- Richard Karz … Based on translation by
- Paul Chapman … Cast, Mlynar
- Julian Glover … Cast, Dubcek
- Paul Hardwick … Cast, Brezhnev
- Ray McAnally … Cast, Smrkovsky
- Ewan Hooper … Cast, Cernik
- Hugh Morton … Cast, Svoboda
- Jeffrey Segal … Cast, Kriegel
- Alan Tilvern … Cast, Bilak
- Peter Schofield … Cast, Kolder
- Terence Soall … Cast, Husak
- Anthony Langdon … Cast, Sadovsky
- Peter Miles … Cast, Indra
- Michael Cronin … Cast, Spacek
- Barrie Cookson … Cast, Simon
- Michael Wynne … Cast, Slavik
- Philip Anthony … Cast, Piller
- Peter Miles … Cast, Indra
- Michael Mellinger … Cast, Jakes
- Bill Croasdale … Cast, Kapek
- Carlos Douglas … Cast, Rigo
- Cyril Varley … Cast, Svestka
- John de Frates … Cast, Barbirek
- Brian Spink … Cast, Chervonenko
- Edward Jewesbury … Cast, Suslov
- John Woodnutt … Cast, Kosygin
- Alick Hayes … Cast, Podgorny
- Raymond Mason … Cast, Russian Officer
- Alexei Jawdokimov … Cast, Russian Officer
- Jon Rumney … Cast, Russian Officer
- Edwin Brown … Cast, Russian Officer
- D. Geoff Tomlinson … Cast, Russian Officer
- Alan Frith … Cast, Russian Officer
- Derek Hockridge … Cast, Russian Officer
- Igor Gridneff … Cast, Russian Officer
- David Calladine … Cast, Russian Soldier
- Will Tacey … Cast, Russian Soldier
- Leon Eagles … Cast, Czech Official
- Arnold Diamond … Cast, Czech Official
- Carol MacReady … Cast, Czech Official