How the World Is Losing Poets
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| Czech | Jak svět přichází o básníky |
| Directed by | Dušan Klein |
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| Screenplay by | Dušan Klein |
| Based on | Amatéři. Jak přichází svět o básníky by Ladislav Pecháček |
| Produced by | Eliška Nejedlá |
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| Cinematography | Emil Sirotek |
| Edited by | Jiří Brožek |
| Music by | Zdeněk Marat |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
| Language | Czech |
How the World Is Losing Poets (Czech: Jak svět přichází o básníky) is a Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Dušan Klein, based on the novella Amatéři. Jak přichází svět o básníky by Ladislav Pecháček. It was released in 1982.[1] The first of the "Poets hexalogy", the title is followed by How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions (1985), How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives (1988), Konec básníků v Čechách (1993), Jak básníci neztrácejí naději (2004), and Jak básníci čekají na zázrak (2016). [2] The film stars Pavel Kříž, David Matásek, and Miroslava Šafránková.
Synopsis
Štepán Šafránek, a high school student with poetic talent, and his friend Kendy, a musician, agree to write and perform a musical play. They rope in various residents of their small town, including Borůvka, a young girl to whom Šafránek ultimately loses his virginity.
Cast and characters
- Pavel Kříž as Štepán Šafránek
- David Matásek as Kendy
- Miroslava Šafránková as Borůvka
- František Filipovský as Valerián
- Josef Somr as Prof. Ječmen
- Oldřich Navrátil as Emil Nádeníček
- Jiří Císler as Čermáček
- Lenka Kořínková as Vránová / wood nymph
- František Ringo Čech as Bouchal
- Míla Myslíková as Šafránková
- Adolf Filip as Kendy's dad
- Lubomír Kostelka as Šindel
- Luděk Kopřiva as Hugo
- Miroslava Hozová as Ječmenová
- Zdena Hadrbolcová as Professor
- Jiří Kodet as Pergl
- Barbora Štepánová as Štepánka Hrdličková
- Jiřina Jirásková as School principal
- Zdeněk Srstka as Bartender (uncredited)
References
- ^ "Jak svět přichází o básníky: Proč komunisté nechtěli pustit film do kin?" [How the World Is Losing Poets: Why Didn't the Communists Want to Put the Film in Cinemas?]. iprima.cz (in Czech). 1 April 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Život je kompromis – básnická hexalogie" [Life Is a Compromise – Poets Hexalogy]. filmovyprehled.cz (in Czech). 13 April 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
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