Burning Bush

Burning Bush is the latest film of Agnieszka Holland, produced in the Czech Republic by HBO Europe. It is a three-part film which tells the story of the trial defending the good name of Jan Palach – a Czech student who set himself on fire in 1969 to protest against the invasion of the Warsaw Pact forces and the apathy of the Czech society.

Written by: Stepán Hulík

Executive producers: HBO – Antony Root, Tereza Polachová

nutprodukce – Tomáš Hrubý, Pavla Kubečková

Director of photography: Martin Strba

Editing: Pavel Hrdlička

Sound: Petr Cechák

Costume design by: Katarina Hollá

Production design by: Milan Býček

Production manager: Etamp – Jan Bílek

Make-up: Zdenek Klika

Music by: Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz