TGM the Liberator
Mar 08 1990
•1h 3m
•Documentary
The life of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, the first elected President of Czechoslovakia following the fall of the Austro-Hungarian empire in 1918.
Cast
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Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
Self (archive footage)
Charlotta Garriguová-Masaryková
Self (archive footage)
Anna Masaryková
Self
Herberta Masaryková
Self
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