Company: Czech Television Country: CZECH REPUBLIC Section: SPORT & SOCIETY Discipline: Various Sports Year: 2017 Director: Radim Špaček Editing: Tomas Polensky Actors: Jan Havel, Jaroslava Jehlickova, Jiri Vrdlovec, Remigius Machura, Vladek Lacina Photo: Jan Balcar, Jan Vlnas, Robert Portel, Vojtech Votypka Soundtrack: Adam Levy, Matej Kroupa Voice Off: Adam Drda Producer: Petr Kubica, Czech Television Time: 26 min
Synopsis
Before November 1989, many élite sportsmen choose exile, others left the competitive activity, others became active supporters of communist politics. Did the situation of the Czechoslovakian sport before the “Velvet Revolution” reflect the situation of the society of that time? How sportsmen dealt with proposal to enter the communist party, to migrate or the imposition of using prohibited doping substances? Here are the memories of Remigius Machura, Jaroslava Jehličková, Vladek Lacina, Jan Gusta Havel and Jiří Vrdlovec.