How the World Is Losing Poets

How the World Is Losing Poets
How the World Is Losing Poets
Czech	Jak svět přichází o básníky
Directed by	Dušan Klein
Written by	Dušan Klein; Ladislav Pecháček;
Screenplay by	Dušan Klein
Based on	Amatéři. Jak přichází svět o básníky; by Ladislav Pecháček
Produced by	Eliška Nejedlá
Starring	Pavel Kříž; David Matásek; Miroslava Šafránková;
Cinematography	Emil Sirotek
Edited by	Jiří Brožek
Music by	Zdeněk Marat
Production; company	Barrandov Studios
Release date	1 November 1982;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

How the World Is Losing Poets (

Jak básníci čekají na zázrak

(2016). ^[2] The film stars Pavel Kříž, David Matásek, and Miroslava Šafránková.

Synopsis

Štepán Šafránek, a high school student with poetic talent, and his friend Kendy, a musician, agree to write and perform a musical play. They rope in various residents of their small town, including Borůvka, a young girl to whom Šafránek ultimately loses his virginity.

Cast and characters

Pavel Kříž as Štepán Šafránek
David Matásek as Kendy
Miroslava Šafránková as Borůvka
František Filipovský as Valerián
Josef Somr as Prof. Ječmen
Oldřich Navrátil as Emil Nádeníček
Jiří Císler as Čermáček
Lenka Kořínková as Vránová / wood nymph
František Ringo Čech as Bouchal
Míla Myslíková as Šafránková
Adolf Filip as Kendy's dad
Lubomír Kostelka as Šindel
Luděk Kopřiva as Hugo
Miroslava Hozová as Ječmenová
Zdena Hadrbolcová as Professor
Jiří Kodet as Pergl
Barbora Štepánová as Štepánka Hrdličková
Jiřina Jirásková as School principal
Zdeněk Srstka as Bartender (uncredited)

References

^ "Jak svět přichází o básníky: Proč komunisté nechtěli pustit film do kin?" [How the World Is Losing Poets: Why Didn't the Communists Want to Put the Film in Cinemas?]. iprima.cz (in Czech). 1 April 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
^ "Život je kompromis – básnická hexalogie" [Life Is a Compromise – Poets Hexalogy]. filmovyprehled.cz (in Czech). 13 April 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2022.

External links

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[1] "Jak svět přichází o básníky: Proč komunisté nechtěli pustit film do kin?" [How the World Is Losing Poets: Why Didn't the Communists Want to Put the Film in Cinemas?]. iprima.cz (in Czech). 1 April 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2022.

[2] "Život je kompromis – básnická hexalogie" [Life Is a Compromise – Poets Hexalogy]. filmovyprehled.cz (in Czech). 13 April 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2022.

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