Milan Kundera: From the Joke to Insignificance
21/10/2021
2h

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?
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


Bernard-Henri Lévy
Self - Philosopher
Antoine Gallimard
Self - Publisher
Yasmina Reza
Self - Writer


Jean-Paul Enthoven
Self - Writer
Guy Scarpetta
Self - Writer


Alain Finkielkraut
Self - Philosopher
Florence Noiville
Self - Writer
Nicolas Briançon
Self - Actor


Jean-Claude Carrière
Self - Screenwriter
Lakis Proguidis
Self - Writer
Massimo Rizzante
Self - Writer
Teresa Cremisi
Self - Publisher
Věra Hrabánková
Self - Kundera's Wife (voice) (archive footage)


Milan Kundera
Self - Writer (voice) (archive footage)
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