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The Sound of Freedom

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In 1950s USSR, as the reach of the communist regime escalates, a group of rebellious young men starts a resistance movement through an underground jazz club.

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Michael T Yes, the Angel Studios 2023 movie was very good, too. But this 2010 Czech movie, with a nearly identical title was a good movie, too. I do not know why Angel Studios, as good as they are, knowingly or unknowingly plagiarized the title of this foreign movie from 13 years earlier, but they did. Anyway, I am not saying that the child trafficking movie was bad--it was very good. But this movie here was about the gradual communist takeover of the former Czechoslovakia, after WWII. And it happened because of one man, the worldwide leader of all communists at the time: Josef Stalin. Once he had his troops in there, after defeating Hitler's occupying forces in Czechoslovakia (and partly with U.S. Army help, too), he slowly took over the country and forced it into communism. (And Stalin did this to almost all other Eastern European countries, as well--except for Finland, who fought his armies hard, like Ukraine is fighting Putin today.) Hitler just as oppressive, and murderous. But both Hitler's fascists and Stalin's communists were practicing a form of socialism, or all power to the state, and none to the individual. And so in this movie we see everyone slowly losing all of their individual feeedoms, rights, and liberties, because of Stalin's occupying army calling all the shots, and telling the Czechoslovakian communist government what to do, and what not to do. And this is one of the few movies that I've seen (taking place in the aftermath of WWII in Eastern Europe), that truly shows the horrors of state-sponsored oppression, under a communist regime. There is no free press, and people are not allowed to speak out--less they get taken away, and imprisoned or worse. And, it is almost impossible to escape or get away from this nightmare country, too, because the border guards keep the people in--not out, like here in the U.S.--and no one is allowed to leave. It is so similar to the way people are suffering today, in Venezuela, for example (or Vietnam, or China, or N. Korea, or Cuba, etc.) And in this movie, you see the state slowly t state geare less and less individual freedoms. Sahere in America, who t Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/19/25 Full Review Audience Member What an eye opening movie. God help the children. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/27/23 Full Review Gretchen G Can't imagine why this movie was so hard to deliver. Child sex crimes are horrible and most folks can agree. The plot was compelling and thrilling. Acting, great. Go see it. What stays with me is that child sex can be sold 5 times a night, every day. Drugs are sold once, then they are gone. No actual sex acts are seen, only the theft of children and their fate. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/02/23 Full Review Audience Member This isn’t a movie that gets you all excited and have you walking out of the theater happy. Instead, those doors now lead to a darker world with the new knowledge of the height of human evil. This movie NEEDS to be seen, this industry NEEDS to be exposed, those who participate in such atrocities NEED to be brought to judgment. The movie is very well done, it shows the evil reality of the world we live in. God’s children are not for sale Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/27/23 Full Review Willa R Sorry I thought this was The Sound Of Freedom 2023! I have not seen this movie. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/16/23 Full Review Audience Member It may be difficult to watch but its so important Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In 1950s USSR, as the reach of the communist regime escalates, a group of rebellious young men starts a resistance movement through an underground jazz club.
Director
Andrea Sedlácková
Producer
Jaroslav Kucera
Screenwriter
Andrea Sedlácková
Production Co
Ceská Televize
Genre
Drama, History
Original Language
Czech
Runtime
1h 36m