Amnesty
(2019)
★ 5.8 IMDb · 4 votes
Year: 2019
Runtime: 130 мин
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Director: Jonáš Karásek
Cast: Juraj Bača, Natalia Germani, Anna Geislerová, Марек Васут, Marek Majeský, Gregor Hološka, Jana Oľhová, Roman Luknár, Norbert Lichý, Ján Jackuliak
Plot
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.