Blurring the boundaries between fiction and reality, heroism and stupidity, past and present, Velvet Terrorists portrays three men who took up arms against communism and were jailed for it
Krobot’s darkly humourous debut presents eccentric characters living an isolated life in a forgotten place of grim beauty, wonderfully captured by actors from his award-winning Dejvice Theatre Company.
Inspired by Fassbinder’s scandalous play and based on a cult theatre production, the story of an unfortunate prostitute is filmed in Prague standing in for a dilapidated city run by corrupt police, politicians, lobbyist and property speculators.
An intimate view of Václav Havel, thrust into the spotlight of international politics and celebrity, struggling to balance his public and private lives while bringing his nation out of communism into democracy.