written and directed by Petr Zelenka director of photography Alexander Surkala
Awards:
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2008 - Honorary Mention, and FIPRESCI Award
- Polish Film Festival, Gdynia, 2008 - "Don Quichote" - Polish Association of Film Discussion Clubs Award
- Czech Film Academy Award 2009 for Best Film and Best Director
A Prauge-based theatre group, Dejvickie Divadlo, arrives in Nowa Huta to take part in the theatre festival with its production of "The Karamazovs" by Dostoyevsky. This is very meaningful drama text gains yet another dimension within the space of the Nowa Huta steel works, which is regarded as a symbol of the "communist new world" where there is no place for God. A rehearsal is witnessed by a worker from the steel works who realizes that the words of the play are directed to him. The questions voiced by the actors are also his...
Translated by Monika Miziniak | Edited by Patricia Koza
