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GOTTLAND

By Viera ČÁKANYOVÁ, Petr HÁTLE, Rozálie KOHOUTOVÁ, Lukáš KOKEŠ, Klára TASOVSKÁ

Documentary - Completed 2014

- Year of production
- 2014
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- CZECH REPUBLIC, POLAND, SLOVAKIA
- Languages
- CZECH
- Duration
- 100 mn
- Director(s)
- Viera ČÁKANYOVÁ, Petr HÁTLE, Rozálie KOHOUTOVÁ, Lukáš KOKEŠ, Klára TASOVSKÁ
- Writer(s)
- Lukáš KOKEŠ, Klára TASOVSKÁ, Petr HÁTLE, Rozálie KOHOUTOVÁ, Viera ČÁKANYOVÁ
- Producer(s)
- Tomáš HRUBÝ (nutprodukce), Pavla KUBEČKOVÁ (nutprodukce), Jacek NAGLOWSKI, Peter BADAČ
- Synopsis
- Gottland provides an unconventional look at Czechoslovak 20th century history. This film comprised of short stories portrays peculiar fates – the Letná Plain with the largest statue of Stalin replaced by a huge billboard depicting Václav Klaus, the love affair between the actress Lída Baarová and Joseph Goebbels, the story of Eduard Kirchberger, a pilot/author in the services of the Czech State Security (STB), Tomáš Baťa’s vision of assembly line production and the tragic decision of Zdeněk Adamec to self-immolate as a form of protest against the state of society. This feature film was inspired by the bestselling book Gottland from the Polish journalist Mariusz Szczygiel.