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Slovak director Robert Kirchhoff is in postproduction with his documentary “All Men Become Brothers,” which follows the life of Czechoslovak politician Alexander Dubček (1921-1992), Film New Europe reports.

Dubček was leader of Czechoslovakia from January 1968 to April 1969. He attempted to reform the communist government during the Prague Spring, but was forced to resign following the Warsaw Pact invasion in August 1968.

The film is produced by Kirchhoff’s Atelier.doc and coproduced by Radio and Television Slovakia, Czech Republic’s Endorfilm and Czech Television.

Kirchhoff’s past titles include “Normalization,” which received a Special Mention from the Between the Seas jury at Jihlava Intl. Documentary Film Festival.

Production took place from 2018 to 2021 on locations in Kyrgyzstan, Italy, Czech Republic, Germany, Turkey and Slovakia. Well-known figures from Czechoslovak and international politics and culture, such as Italian politician Romano Prodi, Italian novelist Umberto Eco, Czech novelist and playwright Pavel Kohout, and Czech director...

The Slovak director is working on the documentary All Men Become Brothers, about Alexander Dubček. Slovak director and producer Robert Kirchhoff, who directed a documentary about the Romani holocaust A Hole in the Head, has been preparing the feature project All Men Become Brothers, about “the icon of socialism with a human face,” Alexander Dubček, since 2015. The Czechoslovak and Slovak politician attempted to reform the communist government during the Prague Spring, and after the Velvet revolution, he became the chairman of the federal Czechoslovak parliament. In 1989, Dubček received the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Kirchhoff called the project “the first complex film about Alexander Dubček – convinced communist, idealist, social democrat.” “The great plan of our modern history is reflected in the deeds and ideals of one man who no longer has the opportunity to speak about the controversies that accompany his decisions and personal conviction,” explains...