Milan Kundera: From the Joke to Insignificance

Miloslav Šmídmajer
2021-10-21

The only documentary about Milan Kundera's legacy
4.2
95 min

The brilliant Czech writer Milan Kundera has not given an interview in thirty years; nor does he appear in public. How did he become a legendary author? What is so unique about his books?

Cast

Name Character Team
Lukáš Hlavica Self - Narrator (voice) Unowned
Leonard Hädler Stirský Philosophy Student Unowned
Milan Uhde Self - Playwright Unowned
Tomáš Kubíček Self - Literary Historian Unowned
Jan Kačer Self - Actor Unowned
Jiří Bartoška Self - Actor Unowned
Karel Steigerwald Self - Writer Unowned
Jiří Brabec Self - Literary Historian Unowned
Sylvie Richterová Self - Writer Unowned
Mojmír Jerábek Self - Journalist Unowned
Tomáš Sedláček Self - Editor Unowned
Jakub Češka Self - Literary Theorist Unowned
Karel Fuksa Self - Filmmaker Unowned
Jiří Záviš Self - Stage Director Unowned
Miloš Štědroň Self - Musicologist Unowned
Bernard-Henri Lévy Self - Philosopher Unowned
Antoine Gallimard Self - Publisher Unowned
Yasmina Reza Self - Writer Unowned
Jean-Paul Enthoven Self - Writer Unowned
Guy Scarpetta Self - Writer Unowned
Alain Finkielkraut Self - Philosopher Unowned
Florence Noiville Self - Writer Unowned
Nicolas Briançon Self - Actor Unowned
Jean-Claude Carrière Self - Screenwriter Unowned
Lakis Proguidis Self - Writer Unowned
Massimo Rizzante Self - Writer Unowned
Teresa Cremisi Self - Publisher Unowned
Věra Hrabánková Self - Kundera's Wife (voice) (archive footage) Unowned
Milan Kundera Self - Writer (voice) (archive footage) Unowned