Directed by:
Eva LustigováScreenplay:
Eva LustigováCast:
Arnošt Lustig, Eva Lustigová, Květa Fialová, Josef Vinklář, Václav Havel, Ivan Passer, Jiří Menzel, Olga Menzelová, Zdeněk Svěrák, Miloš Forman, Tomáš Töpfer (more)Plots(1)
“A man is immortal as long as he lives in the memory of others,” said well-known Czech writer Arnošt Lustig with a wry smile. In December 2006 when her father turned 80, filmmaker Eva Lustigová began to see just how closely his words applied to himself personally. Her method involved recording their meetings and personal interviews together, until Lustig’s death in February 2011. Employing his notorious sense of humor, the film presents the world-renowned author as he recalls a carefree childhood cut short by the Nazi occupation, the horror of life in a concentration camp, the beginnings of his writing career, living in Israel and the USA, and his lifelong friendship with Ota Pavel. Geneva-based Eva Lustigová’s documentary is not a traditional portrait compilation of a famous writer that chronologically investigates his life, but rather a loosely assembled, lively movie about a person with an eternal love for life as it is. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Arnošt Lustig
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
You Kiss Like a God (2009)
Eva Lustigová
Czechoslovakia
Květa Fialová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Charleyova teta (1969) (theatrical recording)
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
Josef Vinklář
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Dva na koni, jeden na oslu (1977) (theatrical recording)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Václav Havel
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nineties (2022) (series) - a.f.
Marta Kubišová 1990 (1990) (concert)
Largo desolato (1991) (theatrical recording) - narrator
Ivan Passer
Czechoslovakia
Jiří Menzel
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Elementary School (1991)
The Cremator (1968)
Larks on a String (1969)
Olga Menzelová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Brouk v hlavě (2020) (theatrical recording)
Zdeněk Svěrák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dobytí severního pólu (2006) (theatrical recording)
Záskok (1997) (theatrical recording)
The Conquest of the North Pole (1987) (theatrical recording)
Miloš Forman
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Silvery Wind (1954)
Keeping the Faith (2000)
Vintage Car (1956)
Tomáš Töpfer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Záhada (2011) (theatrical recording)
Blboun (2001) (theatrical recording)
Cutting It Short (1980)
Laďa Kerndl
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
St. Helen's Island (2011)