Amnesty

Oct 31, 2019

2h 10m

★ 6.7

not everyone deserves freedom

Overview

Inspired by true events of the 1989 Czech and Slovak Velvet Revolution and Václav Havel's controversial release of 23000 prisoners. In addition to the story of three families affected by communist persecution, the film Amnesty also deals with the uprising of prisoners in Leopoldov, which required military intervention. The uprising was preceded by a broad amnesty granted by Václav Havel in January 1990, just a few days after his election as Czechoslovak president.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Azyl Production

Endorfilm

RTVS

Česká televize

HomeMedia Production

Amnesty Trailers

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Cast

Lupko

Juraj Bača

Lupková

Natalia Germani

Kelemenová

Anna Geislerová

Čierny

Marek Vašut

Kelemen

Marek Majeský

Gregor Hološka

Čierná

Jana Oľhová

Roman Luknár

Norbert Lichý

Ján Jackuliak

Sáva Popovič

Martin Havelka

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