VELVET TERRORISTS

BARŠUNASTI TERORISTI

By Ivan OSTROCHOVSKY, Peter KEREKES, Pavol PEKARCIK

CROATIAN AUDIOVISUAL CENTRE (HAVC) - as FIN / PROMO

Documentary - Completed 2013


Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2014
Forum
    • Year of production
    • 2013
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • SLOVAKIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, CROATIA
    • Languages
    • SLOVAKIAN, CZECH
    • Duration
    • 87 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ivan OSTROCHOVSKY, Peter KEREKES, Pavol PEKARCIK
    • Writer(s)
    • Ivan OSTROCHOVSKY, Pavol PEKARCIK, Peter KEREKES
    • Producer(s)
    • Ivan OSTROCHOVSKY, Pavol PEKARCIK, Peter KEREKES, Sinisa JURIČIĆ (Nukleus film)
    • Synopsis
    • Velvet Terrorists is a film about minor and foiled terrorist plots in former Czechoslovakia. The film focuses on three protangonists. The first one wanted to blow up a decorated stage during the May 1st celebration in the 70s. The second one planned to assassinate the President and start an anticommunist revolution but his letter to the cia was so naive that nobody cared to reply. The third one blew up communist billboards. Actes that were once considered criminal are now viewed as acts of heroism. The film is about our relative views of history and their perspectives from which one can view these individuals and their actions.