在这部扬·帕拉赫纪录片/短片片中,扬·帕拉赫(JanPalach,1948-1969)是捷克攻读哲学的大学生,1968年8月华沙公约组织的军队入侵捷克,他为对表示抗议,于1969年1月16日在布拉格市温赛斯拉斯广场自焚而死,后来该广场以他为名。他被视为英雄和希望的象征,受到群众悼念。1989年布拉格曾举行盛大群众示威,纪念他逝世20周年。
This short documentary captures the funeral of anti-USSR Czech student leader Jan Palach. There was a minutes silence during the ceremony - everybody stopped wherever they were - on the stairs, in the metro, everywhere. It would have been mistaken for a still photograph!