Documentary film about smuggling of literature to Czechoslovakia durong communist times. From 1948 to 1989, the communist regime did not allow its citizens free access to information. There was cenzorship, many authors were banned, private publishing houses were shut down and religious literature was almost non-existent. The leitmotif of the film is a story of three friends who participated in smuggling of literature through mountains. In 1983, they were arrested, imprisoned and afterwards sentenced. The film analysis the phenomenon of smuggling of literature and clarifies motivations of people who unselfishly put their own freedom at risk in order to help the inner freedom of others.
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Documentary film about smuggling of literature to Czechoslovakia durong communist times. From 1948 to 1989, the communist regime did not allow its citizens free access to information. There was cenzorship, many authors were banned, private publishing houses were shut down and religious literature was almost non-existent. The leitmotif of the film is a story of three friends who participated in smuggling of literature through mountains. In 1983, they were arrested, imprisoned and afterwards sentenced. The film analysis the phenomenon of smuggling of literature and clarifies motivations of people who unselfishly put their own freedom at risk in order to help the inner freedom of others.
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