This is the only film about the unfortunately somewhat unrecognized universal genius Jára Cimrman, the greatest Czech meme invented by the famous Smoljak/Svěrák duo from the time before memes became popular on the Internet. Jára Cimrman is an unrecognized genius whose achievements are unknown today, but he is also a Czech national hero who could have changed the history of Austria-Hungary. He was skilled in all the arts, but either the authorities hindered him or the public spurned his work. He made numerous inventions without ever receiving a patent for them. There are countless anecdotes about him, he left his mark all over the Czech Republic and he is probably one of the country's best-known personalities.
The film consists of several "reconstructed" episodes from his life, which are set in the context of a trip to his small room in the village of Liptákov. The individual chapters usually open up a completely new perspective on previously unknown "aspects" of the master's life and work. We experience him as a teenager (sic!), as an inspirer of great contemporaries, as an inventor, painter and playwright and as an anti-monarchical tutor to the children of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
If you really want to understand the Czech Republic, you can't get past Jára Cimrman. But beware: if you take the first step into the Jára Cimrman cosmos here, you may never find your way out again. Addictive potential!
This great film also stars some of Czechoslovakia's most popular actors and actresses, including Zdeněk Svěrák, Libuše Šafránková and Josef Abrhám.
This film will be shown as part of the "Czech Film Wednesday" series, as always in the original version with German subtitles.
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Demand is already very high several weeks in advance.That is why we are showing the film twice, but not at the same time, but one after the other at 6pm and 8pm.
There are also a few tickets left for 8 pm in the front row.