25.03.2025

Film Wednesday on April 2nd at 8 p.m. in the Zentralkino offers a serious but very watchable piece this time: the 2008 drama "Karamazovi" (The Brothers Karamazov).

In the film, a group of actors from Prague travel to Krakow to perform Dostoyevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov" in the steelworks in Nowa Huta, an emotionally charged play about family, faith, immortality, infidelity and the redemption of the human soul. The rehearsals are disrupted by, among other things, the personal tragedy of a member of the audience, who asks that the play continue for him. The rehearsal becomes a captivating performance for a single spectator. Suddenly, the greatest drama takes place not on stage, but in the audience...

After comedies such as "Příběhy obyčejného šílenství" and "Samotáři", director Petr Zelenka and leading actor Ivan Trojan have turned their attention to a more serious subject. Profound philosophical questions are dealt with against an unusual backdrop and great emotions are shown in the face of an individual tragedy. In many places, it is almost impossible to tell whether the actors are in the play or not. This draws the audience all the more into the action. The impressive backdrop of the huge steelworks creates a special visual power that lends the play and thus the film additional strength. Some of the images could be taken as still lifes.

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