Year of the Revolution 1848

The Czech revival movement is divided at the end of the first half of the 19th century. While the older generation, such as František Palacký, urges restraint, students lean towards radical positions. A report on the revolutionary events in Paris prompts Czech Prague residents to write down the demands of the Czech nation for self-determination and the proclamation of a constitution. Tensions peak during the All-Slavic Congress in Prague's Žofín. Vienna rejects the Czech demands and the congress is brutally dispersed by the Austrian police. Prague begins to build barricades...

Cast

Vladimír Ráž

Josef Václav Fric, student

Václav Voska

Karel Sabina, spisovatel

Josef Bek

Karel Havlícek Borovský, spisovatel

Zdeněk Štěpánek

historik František Palacký