Description Czechoslovakia, October 1937.
Notoriously dangerous, the Race is considered the ultimate test of manhood.
In the countryside, vast crowds have gathered to watch the threatened nation\'s Most prestigious sporting contest: the Grand Pardubice steeplechase.
Across the border, the Third Reich is menacing - and plotting to invade.
Millions are mourning the death of the nation\'s founding father, the saintly Tom s Masaryk.
Europe\'s youngest democracy is on its knees.
Description Czechoslovakia, October 1937