Overview
Prague, 1920. Milena's father wants her to follow in his footsteps and be one of the first female doctors in Czechoslovakia, but she is determined to be a writer. She elopes to Vienna with the Jewish music critic Ernst Pollak, and starts a correspondence with Franz Kafka. She leaves Pollak and returns to Prague with her father, where she befriends and translates Kafka. As a journalist, Milena covers the 1923 Ruhr worker's strike and meets the communist architect Jaromir.
Year 1991
Studio Bavaria Film, Farena Films, France 3 Cinéma, Les Films de l'Amante, Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment, Sofinergie Films, Stéphan Films
Director Véra Belmont
Crew Jana Cerna (Novel), Dietrich Lohmann (Director of Photography), Marie-Geneviève Ripeau (Writer), Claude Léger (Producer), Jean-Marie Sénia (Original Music Composer), Yves Langlois (Editor)
Popularity 1
Language Français
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