Milan Kundera: From the Joke to Insignificance
“The only documentary about Milan Kundera's legacy”
2021•15+•1h 35m•5.9•Released
Documentary
The brilliant Czech writer Milan Kundera has not given an interview in thirty years; nor does he appear in public. How did he become a legendary author? What is so unique about his books?
Director
Miloslav Šmídmajer
Writer
Miloslav Šmídmajer, Jakub Vansa
Languages
Czech, French
Studio
Bio Illusion
Cast
Lukáš Hlavica
Self - Narrator (voice)
Leonard Hädler Stirský
Philosophy Student
Milan Uhde
Self - Playwright
Tomáš Kubíček
Self - Literary Historian
Jan Kačer
Self - Actor
Jiří Bartoška
Self - Actor
Karel Steigerwald
Self - Writer
Jiří Brabec
Self - Literary Historian
Sylvie Richterová
Self - Writer
Mojmír Jerábek
Self - Journalist
Tomáš Sedláček
Self - Editor
Jakub Češka
Self - Literary Theorist
Karel Fuksa
Self - Filmmaker
Jiří Záviš
Self - Stage Director
Miloš Štědroň
Self - Musicologist
Production
Company
Bio Illusion
Company
Česká televize
Producer
Miloslav Šmídmajer
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