Reżyseria:
Franz NovotnyZdjęcia:
Robert OberrainerMuzyka:
Ondřej Gregor BrzobohatýObsada:
Kryštof Hádek, Vica Kerekes, Johannes Zeiler, Ondřej Gregor Brzobohatý, David Novotný, Vilma Cibulková, Heribert Sasse, Michael Fuith, Jenovéfa Boková (więcej)Opisy(1)
The young and local director Honza David is in Prague to film the Russian invasion of the liberalized Czech Republic in 1968. With the politically explosive material and beautiful Eva – the love of his life – he makes a secret passage to Vienna. They both are awaited by Helmut Zilk, the director of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, who already knows the young and ambitious actress Eva very well and Czech Secret Service even better... (oficjalny tekst dystrybutora)
(więcej)Recenzje (2)
This is a movie I’d divide into two parts. In the first one, I feel like the Austrian director got lost in the beauty of Czech actresses and apart from naked bodies, it’s dominated by a whole series of sex scenes, which are unusual for a Czech movie. After a while, it gets a little superficial, annoying even. I eventually felt a little bad for them… The second part comes when the Russians arrive to the Wenceslas Square, which offers a strong, emotional experience that keeps on coming at certain moments. That proves that the movie has a certain technical quality, but that gets spoiled by moments that downplay the seriousness of the whole situation. And it’s the fault of a bad script, sometimes even the music which can feel awfully ill-fitted. Codename Holec could have been a decent cooperation with Austria, but it ended up as a failed movie with a serious theme.
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This film was supposed to be a tribute to Jan Němec, it was after all based on his short story, but I can't help feeling that somehow it didn't come across as a real tribute. Rather, it's a classic Czech film about trying to come to terms with the past, but the only thing that's really good here is the scene Jan shoots on camera, or rather makes Jarda shoot. After that, there are no more ideas to be found.
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