The Wake depicts the events preceding manifestation funeral of Jan Palach who sat himself on fire on Ven ceslas Square in Prague to wake Czechoslovak nation from slow lapse to apathy after the 1968 invasion of Warsaw Pact armies. In the picture are interviewed many important figures of political, economy and cultural life including Vaclav Havel and actor Rudolf Hrusinsky. Its suggestive report on the shock and sadness which overcome the nations after Palachs selfimmolation. The movie was awarded with special price at 10th Karlovy Vary Film Festival in 1969.
