Life and Film: The Labyrinthine Biographies of Vojtech Jasny (2009)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 17M

Director : Arkaitz Basterra Zalbide
Writer : Arkaitz Basterra Zalbide

Synopsis

After being one of the most successful filmmakers in Europe in the sixties, Vojtech Jasny (Czech Republic, 1925) lives in a small apartment in New York. For Jasny, life and cinema are inseparable concepts. By visiting friends who still live in Life and Film Jasny first person will have their own history and some decisive events in his life: the Nazi invasion and subsequent Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, exile and his arrival in New York years later.

Actors

Vojtěch Jasný
Vojtěch Jasný
Himself
Rock Demers
Rock Demers
Himself
Miloš Forman
Miloš Forman
Himself
René Böll
René Böll
Himself
Josef Slimácek
Josef Slimácek
Himself
Robert Lantz
Robert Lantz
Himself

Crews

Arkaitz Basterra Zalbide
Arkaitz Basterra Zalbide
Director
Arkaitz Basterra Zalbide
Arkaitz Basterra Zalbide
Screenplay