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Mávnutí motýlích křídel (One Stroke of Butterfly Wings)
Film
Title of the film
Original title:
Mávnutí motýlích křídel
English title:
One Stroke of Butterfly Wings
Hungarian title:
A pillangó szárnycsapása
Production and shooting info
Country of the production:
Czech Republic - cz
Year of production:
2007
Year of shooting:
2007
Length of the film:
52 min
Recording format:
Beta SP
Original language:
Czech
Language of subtitle:
English
Description of the content
A view into the family background of composer Václav Felix from the 1930’s to 1980’s. It shows the sequence of events and context in which Václav’s politically involved pro-communist attitude was formed. Václav’s emotional relationship with his parents was extremely strong. He saw his father as a great model who he strove to reach and his mother as a protector from whom he sought understanding. However, since 1948 Václav’s personal life began to unwind in connection with the political situation in Czechoslovakia. Václav fully identified with the ideology of the Communist party. His support of the party also determined his private, personal decisions such as the choice of his life partner or cooling of his affection towards his father who had been imprisoned by the Communists. His political ideology also had an impact on his musical work, which he had chosen as his profession. He found refuge in his hobby - collecting butterflies. The ups and downs of his life enable us to observe the roots from which Václav’s worldview grew and the reasons why he kept it.
Credits
Director:
Jan Sikl
Music composer:
Václav Felix
Producer:
Jan Sikl
Cinematographer:
Daniel Nemec
Editor:
Jan Danhel
Sound:
Daniel Nemec
Company / Institution
Production:
Pragafilm
Distributor:
Czech TV - Telexport
Ethnicity and locality
Etnic group:
Czeh
Continent:
East Europe
Country:
Czech Republic - cz
Tipology
Type:
non-fiction film
Form:
documentary film
Beszédmód:
portrait
Related sciences
Arts:
zene
Social science:
history
Keyword:
walk of life
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