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The End of Czechoslovakia in Parliament

Film and Sociology

 

original title: Zánik Československa v parlamentu

directed by: Pavel Koutecký

year: 1993

duration: 75 minutes

country: Czechia

A film about what happened in the famous building between the National museum and the National theatre in the early 1990s. It is not easy to decide on the demise of a state, even if its end is inevitable. The film depicts a parliamentary community faced with an unusual task, capturing the uncertainty of fragile relationships, attempts at agreement and non-communication, and suspicions, tactics, work and theatrics.