Jan Palach is a Czech biographical film directed by Robert Sedláček.

[5] The film follows Jan Palach during 1968 and 1969 and shows the final 6 months of his life.

[7] The film chronicles the life of Jan Palach from childhood until his death in 1969.

The film then cuts to 1967 when Palach goes on a student work trip to Kazakhstan.

He enjoys his time there until he finds out about the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia which shocks him.