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Director
Marcel Petrov
Original idea
Josef Albrecht ...
Producer
Lenka Poláková
Production company
Czech TV
Director of photography
Jiří Berka
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Jan Masaryk's Step into Emptiness or the Perfect Crime

Krok do prázdna Jana Masaryka aneb Dokonalý zločin, Czech Republic, 2011, 57 min, HD, History, Politics

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On September 14, 2011, 125 years will have passed since the birth of one of the most significant Czechoslovak politicians and diplomats. All his life, he has served his country in various ways, representing one of the most popular personalities primarily of post-war Czechoslovakia. His nature, however, was rather complex. The political steps he took especially towards the end of his career, which ended up by a not completely clarified death, are anything but the firm steps of a convinced democrat. Who was Jan Masaryk? Was he really the "jolly good fellow" he was considered to be both by the nation and the politicians of the West?
The death of Jan Masaryk is still a thorny problem of modern Czech history. Although his family perceive his death as a suicide, the verdict of the latest investigation concluded by criminal investigators in 2003 was clear; murder by an unknown culprit. More than twenty years after the fall of the communist regime, researchers and historians are still striving in vain to get access to the secret documents in Russia. "Why do they keep them under lock and key? Those who have a clear conscience don't have to hide anything," agree the survivors and expert witnesses from various fields in the documentary.

Director:

Marcel Petrov

Producer:

Lenka Poláková

Executive producer:

David Boháč

Screenplay:

Luděk Navara, Josef Albrecht

Original idea:

Luděk Navara, Josef Albrecht

Dramaturgy:

Josef Albrecht