"Power is sweetest when it is completely disproportionate – when a fool rules over the wise..." Kundera's play reveals in a farcical, even sarcastic way what drives people. For some, the most important thing is to submit and have peace of mind, while others need power over others to live. Milan Kundera says of his comedy Ptákovina that "it is a comedy so frivolous that it is more than a comedy: it is nonsense." Its intricate plot is set in motion by the Director, who draws a rhombus on the blackboard in the classroom. And it is discovered. An investigation ensues, and the all-powerful man of the city, the Chairman, also enters the game. This myth-shrouded comedy was only performed briefly in our country in 1969, and since then no one has officially seen it here. Until September 2008, when director Ladislav Smoček staged it at the Činoherní klub in Prague.
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Jaromír Dulava
Předseda
Known for
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Ondřej Vetchý
Ředitel
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Dark Blue World
Kolya
Lucie Žáčková
Eva
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Marika Procházková
Růžena
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Dwarf
David Sir
Žák
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Rolling to You
Nela Boudová
Správkyně budov
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Kolya
Empties
Stanislav Zindulka
Starý učitel
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Burning Bush
Ďáblova lest
Pavel Kikinčuk
Tělocvikář
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Jana Břežková
Prušánková
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Petr Meissel
Učitel kreslení
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Conspirators of Pleasure
Missing
Lenka Skopalová
Maminka
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Jan Brichcín Director · Ladislav Smoček Director Milan Kundera Story
First release January 1, 2009 · Produced in Czechia · Original title Ptákovina
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Česká televize
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Czechia
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Original title
Ptákovina
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Czech
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Czech
Release dates
Czechia · January 1, 2009
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