Mlýny (play)
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Mlýny (English: The Mills) is a Czech comedy play, based on the early work of Václav Havel and Karel Brynda: Život před sebou (Life in front of you).{{cite web|url=https://www.idnes.cz/jihlava/zpravy/havla-k-divadlu-privedl-kamarad-z-vojny-karel-brynda.A111220_1703957_jihlava-zpravy_dmk|title=Václava Havla k divadlu přivedl kamarád z vojny Karel Brynda z Jihlavy|language=cs|work=idnes.cz|date=20 December 2011|access-date=19 December 2023}} It premiered in 1994.
Story
The storyline is set in a military unit during the socialist era. The simple intrigue showed shooting a civilist for guard's service. A starting point of this satiric comedy depicts people's army as totally absurd "machine" destroying people's characters.
Productions
= Divadlo Sklep =
- Directed by Ondřej Trojan and Jiří Fero Burda. The play had its premiere in 1994.
- Jan Slovák .... Lance Corporal Milan Maršík
- Jiří Fero Burda .... Private Marián Šimák/Ghost
- Petr Koutecký .... Private Čapek
- Otakáro Schmidt .... Private Houska
- František Fáňa Váša .... des. Abs. Toman
- Monika Načeva .... Technical Sergeant Boženka
- Tomáš Hanák .... Lieutenant Horáček
- David Vávra .... Lieutenant Colonel Malík
- Ondřej Trojan .... Captain Sládek
- Robert Nebřenský .... Major Buzgo
- Luboš Veselý .... trumpeter
References
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External links
- [http://www.csfd.cz/film/227900-mlyny/ Critique in Czechoslovak Film Database]
- [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=65354558640&v=info Mlýny in Facebook]
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