Mejla Hlavsa

Mejla Hlavsa

Birth : 1951-03-06, Prague, Czechoslovakia

Death : 2001-01-05

History

Milan "Mejla" Hlavsa was the founder, chief songwriter, and original bassist of the Czech band Plastic People of the Universe, which was part of the inspiration for the anti-establishment movement Charter 77.

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Mejla Hlavsa

Movies

The Plastic People of the Universe
The Plastic People of the Universe
Self
Meet The Plastic People of the Universe, the avant-garde, jazz-rock, Sun Ra meets Velvet Underground, Czech revolutionaries. A tribute to the band that against all odds used the power of their music to help topple their oppressive government.
Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy)
A labyrinthine portrait of Czech culture on the brink of a new millennium. Egon Bondy prophesies a capitalist inferno, Jim Čert admits to collaborating with the secret police, Jaroslav Foglar can’t find a bottle-opener, and Ivan Diviš makes observations about his own funeral. This is the Czech Republic in the late 90s, as detailed in Karel Vachek’s documentary.
Válka barev
Válka barev
The Stock-Check
The Stock-Check
Czech semi-documentary.