Komunismus a síť aneb Konec zastupitelské demokracie | ©2019 | CZ – SK | 335 min. | documentary | essay

Communism and the Net or The End of Representative Democracy

Director
Karel Vachek
Producer
Mikuláš Novotný, Robert Kirchhoff
Story
Karel Vachek
Screenplay
Karel Vachek
DoP
Karel Slach
Editor
Renata Pařezová, Helena Papíríková
Sound
Dušan Kozák 
Synopsis

The six-hour essay in four parts examines the history of regimes and revolutions, leaders and martyrs, from a philosophical perspective. The collage of personal memories, staged scenes and archives of collective memory compares the Prague Spring to the Velvet Revolution and reveals the exposure, conflict, crisis, and catharsis of the post-communist society. Democracy can be saved through creative laughter, dissolving the untouchability and hypertrophic egos of the representatives of state institutions. The Internet frees society from representatives of the non-functional connecting link that prevents direct communication between citizens and institutions of power.

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Director
Karel Vachek
Producer
Mikuláš Novotný, Robert Kirchhoff
Story
Karel Vachek
Screenplay
Karel Vachek
DoP
Karel Slach
Editor
Renata Pařezová, Helena Papíríková
Sound
Dušan Kozák 
Production
Background Films (CZ)
Co-production
atelier.doc (SK), Česká televize (CZ), Universal Production Partners (CZ)
Budget
400 000 €
Support
Audiovizuálny fond, Státní fond kinematografie
Co-production forums
FIDlab Marseille 2016
World premiere
IDFF Ji.hlava 2019, CZ
Release
CZ: 11/2019, Background Films
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