"The only documentary about Milan Kundera's legacy" 21 October 2021 Factual 95 mins
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?
Watch the official Milan Kundera: From the Joke to Insignificance 2021 trailer in HD below.
Lukáš Hlavica as Self - Narrator (voice)
Leonard Hädler Stirský as Philosophy Student
Milan Uhde as Self - Playwright
Jan Kačer as Self - Actor
Jiří Bartoška as Self - Actor
Karel Steigerwald as Self - Writer
Jiří Brabec as Self - Literary Historian
Sylvie Richterová as Self - Writer
Tomáš Sedláček as Self - Editor
Karel Fuksa as Self - Filmmaker
Jiří Záviš as Self - Stage Director
Miloš Štědroň as Self - Musicologist
Bernard-Henri Lévy as Self - Philosopher
Antoine Gallimard as Self - Publisher
Yasmina Reza as Self - Writer
Jean-Paul Enthoven as Self - Writer
Petr Malásek Original Music Composer
Štěpán Mamula Sound Mixer
Radovan Kramář Sound
Miloslav Šmídmajer Producer
Jiřina Budíková Co-Producer
Pavel Šobr Co-Producer
Alena Ponková Executive Producer
Karel Komárek Executive Producer
Miloslav Šmídmajer Director
Jakub Vansa Editor
Miroslav Souček Camera Operator
Martin Čech Camera Operator
Pavel Šobr Camera Operator
Miloslav Šmídmajer Writer
Jakub Vansa Writer
Martin Dušek Sound Post Supervisor
Czech Republic 21 October 2021
Spain 28 July 2022
Korea 30 April 2022
Taiwan 02 June 2023
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