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Putování Jana Amose (1983)

Putování Jana Amose (1983)

History
Release Date: 1983, October 1
Directors: Otakar Vávra
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Production: Filmové studio Barrandov
Cast: Jiří Kraus, Antonín Kramerius, Ivo Prokop, Ivan Vyskočil, Tomáš Svoboda, Jan Šváb, Kateřina Růžičková, Miroslav Moravec, Mirko Musil, Rudolf Fleischer, Eduard Cupák, Antonín Češpivo

Overview:

The distressing fate of the Czech great Jan Amos Komenský, forced to leave his homeland after the White Mountain disaster. It depicts his encounters with various European personalities of the 17th century - the Queen of Sweden, artists and scientists. It emphasises the hero's nobility, but also his inner resilience, which allowed him to overcome many personal and professional tragedies. The parable of The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart becomes part of the story. However, Comenius's concept is sculpturally lifeless and, in particular, the religious dimension is "erased" from it. The simplistic biography therefore does not avoid schoolboyish dryness.

Keywords:

based on novel or book biography 17th century