French screening of Waves offers shortened cut: How 1968 film is being sold to western audiences

Name: French screening of Waves offers shortened cut: How 1968 film is being sold to western audiences
Uploaded: 2025-03-28T11:43:52+00:00
Channel: Martin Hladík
Description: The Czech film Waves (“Vlny”), about the events of the Prague Spring, the invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, and the broadcasting of Czechoslovak Radio in 1967 and 1968, was released in French cinemas. Unlike the version shown in Czechia, the French version of the film is shorter, and cinemas are screening it under the

Photo: Martin Balucha, Czech Radio

The Czech film Waves (“Vlny”), about the events of the Prague Spring, the invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, and the broadcasting of Czechoslovak Radio in 1967 and 1968, was released in French cinemas. Unlike the version shown in Czechia, the French version of the film is shorter, and cinemas are screening it under the title “Radio Prague—Waves of Revolution”. But why?

“We were students at the time.

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Author: Jakub Ferenčík