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Milan KUNDERA, In-between Literature and Film

Nobody Gets the Last Laugh

Hynek BOČAN

Czechoslovakia 1965 92min DCP b&w Fiction 12

Schedule

Code	Date	Time	Theater	Info	Ticket
307	2022. 05. 01	18:30	CGV Jeonjugosa 2	HKE12	Ticket Wish
747	2022. 05. 05	11:00	CINE Q Jeonju Film Street 5	HKE12	Ticket Wish
908	2022. 05. 07	17:00	CGV Jeonjugosa 3	HKE12	Ticket Wish

Overview

Klára has moved to Klíma’s house, an art school assistant, and lives with him together. One day, she finds a letter addressed to Klíma in which a researcher named Záturecký asks him to evaluate his thesis on 19th-century Czech painter Mikolas Ales. Klíma, who cannot find the manuscript with the thesis, writes a moderately evasive reply, but Záturecký’s tenacity to hear a proper evaluation is beyond imagination. To get rid of Záturecký, who is persistently chasing him, Klíma falsely spreads rumors that he molested Klára. But this only drags Klíma through the mire.

*Source: Národní filmový archiv, Prague, © State Cinematography Fund

CREDIT

DirectorHynek BOČAN
ProducerFilmové studio Barrandov
ScreenplayHynek BOČAN, Pavel JURÁČEK
CinematographyJan NĚMEČEK

Production DesignJaroslav KUČERA
MusicWiliam BUKOVÝ
EditorZdeněk STEHLÍK
SoundFrantišek ČERNÝ

CastJan KAČER, Štěpánka ŘEHÁKOVÁ, Josef CHVALINA

FILM SOURCE

Národní filmový archiv, Prague | katerina.fojtova@nfa.cz

DIRECTOR

Hynek BOČAN

After graduating from FAMU, he made his debut in 1965 with an adaptation of Milan Kundera's short story Nobody Gets the Last Laugh, for which he won awards at festivals in Mannheim and Oberhausen. This was followed by the historical film Honor and Glory (1968), which was screened at the Venice IFF. From the end of the 1960s, he worked for Czechoslovak Television, for which he directed many films and series.

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