Still from TGM the Liberator — TGM the Liberator (1990) — Věra ChytilováPhotographed by Jaromír Šofr and Jaromír Kačer and Jiří Šimůnek

Věra Chytilová

TGM the Liberator

Name: TGM the Liberator
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1990
Duration: 63 min

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Czechoslovakia / Czech / 1990 / 1h 3m

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Synopsis

Věra Chytilová employs a mix of photographs, archival footage, and reenactment to tell the story of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the Czechoslovak politician, sociologist, and philosopher who served as the first elected president of Czechoslovakia following the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918. Made in the wake of the 1989 Velvet Revolution that brought about the end of one-party communist rule in Czechoslovakia, TGM THE LIBERATOR pays tribute to a national icon who has come to represent the highest ideals of democracy.

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Credits

Crew

DirectorVěra Chytilová

WriterVěra Chytilová

CinematographerJaromír Šofr, Jaromír Kačer, Jiří Šimůnek

Editor

Ivana Kačírková

Cast

Tomáš Garrigue Masarykas Self (archive footage)

Charlotta Garriguová-Masarykováas Self (archive footage)

Anna Masarykováas Self

Herberta Masarykováas Self

Václav Havelas Self

Edvard Benešas Self (archive footage)

Emperor Franz Josefas Self (archive footage)

Tomáš Kotíkas Self

Miroslav Macháčekas Commentary (voice)

Double Feature

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Calamity1982

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Something Different1963Paired by the Criterion Channel, and both directed by Věra Chytilová