This feature film based on the events of 1938 is a chronicle of the futile efforts of the Czechoslovak president Edvard Benes (Jirí Pleskot), politicians and ordinary citizens, to save the independence and the territorial integrity of the state from the advance of Hitler's Germany. On the 29th of March 1938 the leader of the Sudeten Germans Henlein (Werner Ehrlicher) has a meeting with Hitler (Gunnar Möller). Hitler orders him to intensify pressure on the Czechoslovak government. On the 24th of April in Carlsbad, the Sudetendeutsche Partei (Sudeten German Party) decides upon eight demands that are unacceptable to the Czechoslovak President, since they would ultimately lead to the break-up of the Republic. Benes still shows a certain willingness to negotiate, and Henlein resents this. The Germans are determined to make further negotiations impossible through incidents and violence.
In 1900, Stepha, the vivacious 30 year old daughter of a wealthy couple, agrees to marry her cousin Paul, who has accumulated large debts as an Austrian army officer. Paul refuses to work or to consummate the marriage, and then his health steadily declines.
Jan Nemec lleva a cabo una crítica contra el conformismo, la política de masas, el cuestionamiento de la libertad del individuo y las relaciones de patronazgo-clientela en un film que trata de explicar de modo alegórico cómo fue posible la implantación del comunismo en Checoslovaquia. Su carácter subversivo fue la causa de que fuera prohibida hasta la Revolución de Terciopelo de 1989. Fue un poderoso acicate durante las movilizaciones de la Primavera de Praga en 1968. (FILMAFFINITY)
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