Milena

Prague, 1920. Milena's father wants her to follow in his footsteps and be one of the first female doctors in Czechoslovakia, but she is determined to be a writer. She elopes to Vienna with the Jewish music critic Ernst Pollak, and starts a correspondence with Franz Kafka. She leaves Pollak and returns to Prague with her father, where she befriends and translates Kafka. As a journalist, Milena covers the 1923 Ruhr worker's strike and meets the communist architect Jaromir.

Country:

Canada,

France,

Germany

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

139 minutes

Year:

1991

Director:

Véra Belmont

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Company:

Bavaria Film,

Farena Films,

France 3 Cinéma,

Les Films de l'Amante,

Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment,

Sofinergie Films,

Stéphan Films

Cast:

Milena Jesenská

Jesenski

Olga

Jaromir

Pollak

Crew:

Novel

Writer

Writer

Producer

Producer