Thisfilmtookthetophonoratthe1969BerlinFilmFestival.Afteraseriesofdocumentaries,thismarksthedirectorialdebutforZelimirZilnik.Ittakesadecidedlyanti-Stalinistviewinthewakeofthe1968RussianinvasionofCzechoslovakiaandraisesimportantpoliticalquestions.Hestatesthatalthoughtheworldhasexperienceduntoldwars,therehaveonlybeenahandfulofrevolutionswithanylastingsignificancethatleadtopoliticalchange.