Directed by:
Robert SedláčekScreenplay:
Eva KantůrkováCinematography:
Jan ŠusterComposer:
Michal RatajCast:
Viktor Zavadil, Zuzana Bydžovská, Denisa Barešová, Kristína Kanátová, Jan Vondráček, Karel Jirák, Michal Balcar, Anna Stropnická, Gabriel Cohen (more)Plots(1)
On 16 January 1969, to protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia, he poured flammable liquid on himself and set himself on fire. Three days later he succumbed to the heavy burns. He wanted to alarm the subdued nation and wake it up from lethargy. All he became was its bad conscience. The tragic story of a sensitive young man was filmed by Robert Sedláček. (Summer Film School)
(more)Cast
![Vincent Navrátil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/188/164188673_365758.jpg)
Vincent Navrátil
Czech Republic
Best movies:
Naked Among Wolves (2015) (TV movie)
Last of the Cyclists (2014) (TV movie)
Jan Palach (2018)
Kryštof Dvořáček
Czech Republic
Best movies:
Jan Palach (2018)
Bird Atlas (2021)
![Aleksandr Minaev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/049/262/49262599_e9d852.jpg)
Aleksandr Minaev
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Želary (2003)
Toman (2018)
The Painted Bird (2019)
Alexander Podolkhov
Best movies:
Czech Century (2013) (series)
Broken Promise (2009)
Jan Palach (2018)
![Ihor Krotovych](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/573/159573211_d1d26b.jpg)
Ihor Krotovych
Best movies:
Jan Palach (2018)
Golden Sting (2018)
The Zodiac Murders (2015) (series)
Sergyi Gorash
Best movies:
Jan Palach (2018)
The Zodiac Murders (2015) (series)
![Gérard Robert Gratadour](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/437/437162_9b01d1.jpg)
Gérard Robert Gratadour
Best movies:
La Vie en rose (2007)
A Bag of Marbles (2017)
Paris 36 (2008)
Sebastian Jacques
Czech Republic
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Burning Bush (2013) (TV movie)
Eyewitness (2021)
Juliana Moska
Czech Republic
Best movies:
One Life (2023)
The Seven Ravens (2015)
Jan Palach (2018)
Maëlane Auffray
France
Best movies:
Jan Palach (2018)
Golden Sting (2018)
![Denis Šafařík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/757/162757132_fa64a2.jpg)
Denis Šafařík
Czech Republic
Best movies:
294 statečných (2022) (theatrical recording)
Marta (2024) (theatrical recording)
Každý má svou pravdu (2023) (theatrical recording)
![Josef Pejchal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274927_5f7ffe.jpg)
Josef Pejchal
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Oběti (1999) (series)
Joan of Arc (1999) (TV movie)
Oktopus (2023) (series)
![Justin Svoboda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/027/169027975_8tzgf2.jpg)
Justin Svoboda
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
One Life (2023)
In the Shadow (2012)
Jana Radojčičová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Incomplete Eclipse (1982)
Přísahám a slibuji (1990) (series)
Resolution 819 (2008) (TV movie)
Jakub Vaverka
Best movies:
Jan Palach (2018)
Stíny v mlze (2022) (series)
Alpha Code (2020)
![Marie Anna Václavek Krušinová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/222/165222382_5625d2.jpg)
Marie Anna Václavek Krušinová
Best movies:
Nightline (2022)
Jan Palach (2018)
Karel, Me and You (2019)
![Michael Dymek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/477/477249_d994db.jpg)
Michael Dymek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Boys Will Be Boys (1975)
Krakonos and the Skiers (1980)
![Petr Šmíd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/292/164292380_0094f0.jpg)
Petr Šmíd
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Murder in Polná (2016) (TV movie)
Jednotka intenzivní lásky (2017) (theatrical recording)
Jan Palach (2018)
![Kryštof Krhovják](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/716/166716391_a159ee.jpg)
Kryštof Krhovják
Czech Republic
![Michal Režný](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/771/161771263_1f3f1c.jpg)
Michal Režný
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Zločin a trest (2015) (theatrical recording)
Toman (2018)
By a Sharp Knife (2019)