Name: Burning Bush
Released: 2013-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Tatiana Pauhofová, Jaroslava Pokorná, Petr Stach

Burning Bush

Biography 2013

Available on HBO Nordic

The fallout after university student Jan Palach sets himself on fire in Prague in 1969, in protest over the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Soviet troops.

Biography 2013

Starring Tatiana Pauhofová, Jaroslava Pokorná, Petr Stach

EPISODE 1

Burning Bush

Student Jan Palach sets himself on fire in Wenceslas Square in Prague in January 1969, insisting that there will be other `torches' unless the oppression of Czechoslovakia by Soviet forces is relaxed.
EPISODE 2

Burning Bush

Five weeks after Jan's death, another student dies by self-immolation, becoming the second `torch'. Lawyer Dagmar Buresova tries to see justice done after the Soviet authorities cover the story up.
EPISODE 3

Burning Bush

Eight months after Jan's death, Dagmar Buresova and the Palach family are still trying to set the record straight, but witnesses refuse to come forward for fear of reprisals from the Communist regime.

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Burning Bush

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The fallout after university student Jan Palach sets himself on fire in Prague in 1969, in protest over the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Soviet troops.

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Studio: HBO
Genre: Biography
Released: 2013
Rated: 15

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