''Mlýny'' (English: ''The Mills'') is a
Czech
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comedy play, based on the early work of
Václav Havel
Václav Havel (; 5 October 193618 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and dissident. Havel served as the last List of presidents of Czechoslovakia, president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until 1992, prior to the dissol ...
and Karel Brynda: ''Život před sebou'' (''Life in front of you'').
It premiered in 1994.
Story
The storyline is set in a military unit during the socialist era. The simple intrigue showed shooting a civilist for guard's service. A starting point of this satiric comedy depicts people's army as totally absurd "machine" destroying people's characters.
Productions
Divadlo Sklep
*Directed by
Ondřej Trojan
Ondřej Trojan () (born 31 December 1959) is a Czech film producer, actor and film director. Two of the films he produced were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film : '' Divided We Fall'' (2000) and ''Želary'' (2003), w ...
and Jiří Fero Burda. The play had its premiere in 1994.
*Jan Slovák .... Lance Corporal Milan Maršík
*Jiří Fero Burda .... Private Marián Šimák/Ghost
*Petr Koutecký .... Private Čapek
*
Otakáro Schmidt .... Private Houska
*František Fáňa Váša .... des. Abs. Toman
*
Monika Načeva .... Technical Sergeant Boženka
*
Tomáš Hanák
Tomáš Hanák (born March 27, 1957) is a Czech actor, comedian, screenwriter, and TV presenter who has appeared in several films and television shows since 1984. He is also an occasional singer.
Biography
Hanák was born in Kremnica, Czechosl ...
.... Lieutenant Horáček
*
David Vávra
David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament.
The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damas ...
.... Lieutenant Colonel Malík
*
Ondřej Trojan
Ondřej Trojan () (born 31 December 1959) is a Czech film producer, actor and film director. Two of the films he produced were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film : '' Divided We Fall'' (2000) and ''Želary'' (2003), w ...
.... Captain Sládek
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Robert Nebřenský .... Major Buzgo
*Luboš Veselý .... trumpeter
References
External links
Critique in Czechoslovak Film Database''Mlýny'' in Facebook
1994 plays
Czech comedy plays
Czech satirical plays
Off-Broadway plays
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