Der Klang der Freiheit

Although not properly bad, and despite having mostly a nice art direction and acting, the TV film is tepid, shallow and seems to endure much more time than it would be necessary (particularly considering there is not a deep approach). While the visual idea of linking each character to how he/she is perceived by political police (with typewriter lettering), and there is an adequate concern with actual Stalinist paranoia by the regime rulers and agents, the movie is not consistent in its portrayal of authoritarianism, and keeps a pro-capitalist (instead of specifically pro-democratic) bias, noticed in quotes such as "I want beautiful clothes" for a character who wants to emigrate to the United States. Script should have been much more sophisticated, without so much caricature, with more realistic characters. One does not need to make right-wing propaganda in order to portray the lack of civil and political rights in Czekoslovakia in the 50's.