''3 Seasons in Hell'' ( cs, 3 sezóny v pekle) is a 2009 Czech film directed by

Tomáš Mašín Tomáš () is a Czech language, Czech and Slovak language, Slovak given name, equivalent to the name Thomas (name), Thomas. It may refer to: * Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850–1937), first President of Czechoslovakia * Tomáš Baťa (1876–1932), ...

. Set during the Soviet Union's takeover of Czechoslovakia in 1948, it is based on memoirs by

Egon Bondy Egon Bondy, born Zbyněk Fišer (20 January 1930 in Prague – 9 April 2007 in Bratislava), was a Czech philosopher, writer, and poet, one of the leading personalities of the Prague underground. In the late 1940s, Bondy was active in a surreal ...

Response

Ray Bennett praised the performances of Krystof Hadek and Karolina Gruszka, saying that although initially shallow and inconsequential the viewer came to feel deeply involved in them. Variety praised the cinematography and production design while finding the lead character annoying and unsympathetic. What Culture found it balanced and interesting despite flaws, giving it 3/5.

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