March or Die

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Director:Michael Kaboš
Cast:Pavel Knihař, Josef Mašín, Manuel van Eyeck, Jaromír Horniak
Premiere:28. November 2018
Length:52 minutes
Genre:Documentary

March or Die

Pochoduj nebo zemři; Michael Kaboš, 2018, versions: OR,SV, languages: slk, ces

Director: Michael Kaboš • Scenario: Michael Kaboš, Ladislav Kudrna, Luděk Navara • Camera: Michael Kaboš, Aleš Němec • Cast: Pavel Knihař, Josef Mašín, Manuel van Eyeck, Jaromír Horniak, Karel Mynář

Hundreds of young Czechs and Slovaks fought in Indochina in the ranks of the French Foreign Legion, others as soldiers of US Army in Vietnam War. Their fates in the remote battlefields of Vietnam are an uncharted chapter of history. Until the Velvet Revolution in 1989 they were criminalized. At the same time, it was the most massive combat deployment of Czechoslovaks since the end of World War II. In the jungle and forests they fought for survival. Their stories were forgotten for many years; The French and the Americans lost the war in Indochina, although the communism in Czechoslovakia also didn't won. And where belong those who fought and survived; they are losers or winners? Or just confused adventurers directed by fate? These are dramatic and controversial stories that tell us about the dark side of our common history.

Length: 52 min

Year: 2018
Local premiere date: 28. November 2018

Country of origin:

  • Czech Republic
  • Slovakia

Language version:

OR - Original version (slovak, czech)
SV - Slovak version

Director: Michael Kaboš • Scenario: Michael Kaboš, Ladislav Kudrna, Luděk Navara • Camera: Michael Kaboš, Aleš Němec • Cast: Pavel Knihař, Josef Mašín, Manuel van Eyeck, Jaromír Horniak, Karel Mynář

Hundreds of young Czechs and Slovaks fought in Indochina in the ranks of the French Foreign Legion, others as soldiers of US Army in Vietnam War. Their fates in the remote battlefields of Vietnam are an uncharted chapter of history. Until the Velvet Revolution in 1989 they were criminalized. At the same time, it was the most massive combat deployment of Czechoslovaks since the end of World War II. In the jungle and forests they fought for survival. Their stories were forgotten for many years; The French and the Americans lost the war in Indochina, although the communism in Czechoslovakia also didn't won. And where belong those who fought and survived; they are losers or winners? Or just confused adventurers directed by fate? These are dramatic and controversial stories that tell us about the dark side of our common history.

Year: 2018
Local premiere date: 28. November 2018

Country of origin:

  • Czech Republic
  • Slovakia

Language version:

OR - Original version (slovak, czech)
SV - Slovak version