A Prominent Patient

Czechoslovakia vs. Nazi Germany

A melancholic historical drama about a diplomat's personal and political failure amid the collapse of his nation and the rise of fascism.

In 1939, Czech diplomat Jan Masaryk flees to the United States to escape his recent past: Germany has invaded Czechoslovakia and he is now a man with no nation; because, as the Czechoslovak ambassador in London, he failed to win the support of the British and could not avert the fall of his country and the outbreak of the World War II.