The Rape of Czechoslovakia
1939
18min
Documentary
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Overview
Weiss’s classic B&W agitprop short made after his escape to London just ahead of the Nazis. He carried with him three reels of material for his unrealized film ‘Dvacet Let Svobody’ (‘Twenty Years of Freedom’) i.e. 20 years of the existence of independent Czechoslovakia from its 1918 founding to 1938 when the Munich Agreement dissolved it. In English with poetic narration written by C. Day-Lewis (father of Daniel Day-Lewis).
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Who directed The Rape of Czechoslovakia?
The Rape of Czechoslovakia was directed by Jiří Weiss.
How long is The Rape of Czechoslovakia?
The Rape of Czechoslovakia runs for 18min, and was released in 1939.
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