Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy) (2000)

8.0/10 254 min Documentary

Overview

A labyrinthine portrait of Czech culture on the brink of a new millennium. Egon Bondy prophesies a capitalist inferno, Jim Čert admits to collaborating with the secret police, Jaroslav Foglar can’t find a bottle-opener, and Ivan Diviš makes observations about his own funeral. This is the Czech Republic in the late 90s, as detailed in Karel Vachek’s documentary.

Cast

Václav Havel

Mejla Hlavsa

Jiří Krejčík

Jan Němec

Karel Vachek

Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová

Egon Bondy

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