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Jak Básníci Přicházejí O Iluze
''How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions'' () is a 1985 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Dušan Klein and written by Klein, together with Ladislav Pecháček. The second in the "Poets hexalogy", the title is preceded by ''How the World Is Losing Poets'' (1982) and followed by ''How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives'' (1988), ''Konec básníků v Čechách'' (1993), ''Jak básníci neztrácejí naději'' (2004), and ''Jak básníci čekají na zázrak'' (2016). The film stars Pavel Kříž and David Matásek, and focuses on the young poet Štěpán Šafránek as he studies to become a doctor in Prague. Synopsis Friends and former small-town classmates Štěpán and Kendy are both studying in Prague—Štěpán is taking medicine at Charles University, while Kendy studies directing at Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, FAMU. Kendy's studies are going well, but Štěpán struggles, both with course load and with finances. Kendy advises his friend to make ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dušan Klein
Dušan Klein (born Július Klein; 21 June 1939 – 9 January 2022) was a Czech film director and screenwriter of Slovak-Jewish origin. His most notable work is the comedic hexalogy "Poets". From 1990 to 2002, he was an university teacher. Biography Dušan Klein was born Július Klein on 21 June 1939 in Michalovce in the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia. He was from a Jewish family and had two older brothers. During the war, he hid in a monastery for orphans and was given the code name Dušan Ružiak. He kept the first name Dušan and adopted it as his own. After revealing their hiding place in December 1944, he and his brothers were send to the Theresienstadt Ghetto, but thanks to the end of World War II, they were not deported to extermination. The house of Dušan's family burned down during the war, so the family moved to Bratislava after the war. In 1952, they moved to Ostrava. In the 1950s, Klein performed in amateur theatre. He had his first experiences with film as an actor in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |