Jak básníci neztrácejí naději

{{Short description|2004 Czech comedy film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Jak básníci neztrácejí naději

| image = Jak basnici neztraceji nadeji, Czech comedy film 2004, poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| director = Dušan Klein

| writer = {{plainlist|

• Dušan Klein
• Ladislav Pecháček

}}

| screenplay = {{plainlist|

• Dušan Klein
• Ladislav Pecháček

}}

| producer = Milos Šmídmajer

| starring = {{plainlist|

• Pavel Kříž
• David Matásek
• Michaela Badinková
• Tereza Brodská

}}

| cinematography = Peter Beňa

| editing = Petr Svoboda

| music = Jaroslav Uhlíř

| studio = {{plainlist|

• Bio Illusion
• Pluto Film & Video

}}

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|2004|1|22|df=yes}}

| runtime = 120 minutes

| country = Czech Republic

| language = Czech

| budget =

| gross = $549,372

}}

Jak básníci neztrácejí naději is a 2004 Czech comedy film directed by Dušan Klein and written by Klein with Ladislav Pecháček.{{cite web|title=Jak básníci neztrácejí naději |url=https://www.filmovyprehled.cz/cs/film/24618/jak-basnici-neztraceji-nadeji |website=filmovyprehled.cz |date= |access-date=16 January 2022 |language=cs}} The fifth installment in the "Poets hexalogy", the title is preceded by How the World Is Losing Poets (1982), How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions (1985), How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives (1988), and Konec básníků v Čechách (1993), and followed by Jak básníci čekají na zázrak (2016).{{cite web|title=Život je kompromis – básnická hexalogie |url=https://www.filmovyprehled.cz/cs/revue/detail/zivot-je-kompromis-basnicka-hexalogie |website=filmovyprehled.cz |date=13 April 2016 |access-date=16 January 2022 |language=cs |trans-title=Life Is a Compromise – Poets Hexalogy}} The film stars Pavel Kříž, David Matásek, Michaela Badinková, and Tereza Brodská. The story focuses on Štěpán, now in his forties, and the tribulations he undergoes with work and love.