Movie Description
Milena
(1991)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Véra Belmont
- Producer : Claude Léger,Linda Gutenberg,Véra Belmont
- Writer : Louis Garfinkle,Marie-Geneviève Ripeau,Véra Belmont
- Editor : Barbara Zittwitz,Martine Giordano,Yves Langlois,Jean Beaudoin
- Cast : Valérie Kaprisky,Stacy Keach,Gudrun Landgrebe,Nick Mancuso,Peter Gallagher,Yves Jacques,Jacques Penot,Jeanne Marine,Philip Anglim,Clotilde Aras,Philippe Caroit,Claude Duneton,Christine Fersen,Maxime Leroux,Pierre Romans
Cast
Milena Jesenská
Jesenski
Olga
Jaromir
Pollak
Max Brod
Simon Foreman
Lisa
Kafka
Von Vollmar
Hermann Bahr
Posters
Facts
Original TitleMilena
Status Released
Release Information
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1991-07-04
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 02h 19m
Production CompaniesBavaria Film,Farena Films,France 3 Cinéma,Les Films de l'Amante,Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment,Sofinergie Films,Stéphan Films
Genres
- Drama
