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Back to the Fatherland

Documentary Films - Out of Competition 2008 / Návrat do vlasti / Heim nach Böhmen / Czech Republic, Netherlands, Germany 2008

The main characters in this film are a baker from Schwabach, a Servite Friar and the descendant of a general who fought against the Czech estates at the Battle of White Mountain. In their recollections and opinions, all of them offer a fascinating excursion into the past and present of Czech-German relations, taken from a somewhat different perspective.

Back to the Fatherland

Synopsis

The main characters in this film are a baker from Schwabach, a Servite Friar and the descendant of a general who fought against the Czech estates at the Battle of White Mountain. In their recollections and opinions, all of them offer a fascinating excursion into the past and present of Czech-German relations, taken from a somewhat different perspective.

About the film

57 min / Color, DIGIBETA
World premiere

Director Václav Reischl / Screenplay Václav Reischl / Dir. of Photography Václav Reischl / Music Karel Kryl, Tomas Lom, Jan Holub / Editor Václav Reischl / Producer Václav Reischl / Production Bild und Filmproduktion / Contact Simply Cinema, s.r.o., Bild und Filmproduktion, First Film / Distributor First Film
www: www.vaclavreischl.de

Contacts

Simply Cinema, s.r.o.
Na Pískách 1157/62, 160 00, Praha 6
Czech Republic
E-mail: [email protected]

Bild und Filmproduktion
Friedenaustr.13, D-70188, Stuttgart
Germany
Phone: +49 172 743 0172
Fax: +49 711 281 138
E-mail: [email protected]

First Film
Ve struhách 58, 160 00, Praha 6
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 777326881
E-mail: [email protected]

Guests

Václav Reischl
Film Director

Eliška Kaplicky-Fuchsová
Producer

František Vorel
Film Crew

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