Film Archive

Czechoslovak Architecture 58–89

Special Screenings 2024 / Architektura ČSSR 58–89 / Czech Republic, Slovak Republic 2024

Synopsis

Vladimir 518, uncompromising rapper, artist, stage designer and activist, is a rare phenomenon, who not only writes books, but publishes them as well. Today also a respected authority primarily on pre-1989 architecture, he has written not only a major publication on the subject, but also the story for two audiovisual works treating the same theme, which were shot by Jan Zajíček, renowned director of music videos. In addition to the recent TV series we have the eagerly anticipated feature-length film which, through its fascinating and impressive exploration of Czech and Slovak architecture of the latter half of the 20th century, offers exclusive insight into extraordinary buildings and unique individuals living below the Tatra Mountains.

Karel Och

About the film

126 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Jan Zajíček / Screenplay Jan Zajíček, Henrieta Moravčíková na motivy námětu / based on the story by Vladimir 518 / Dir. of Photography Jiří Málek / Music Ondřej Skala, Vladimír Godár / Sound Jan Paul, Miroslav Červená Chaloupka / Editor Jan Zajíček, Zdeněk Marek / Producer Karla Stojáková, Pavel Berčík, Maroš Hečko, Peter Veverka / Production FILM KOLEKTIV s.r.o. / Coproduction AZYL Production s.r.o., Česká televize, RTVS / Sales FILM KOLEKTIV s.r.o. / Distributor Aerofilms

About the director

Jan Zajíček (1977, Prague). Selected filmography: The End of the Individual (2002, short), Break My Heart Please! (2006, short), Girl Power (2016, doc.), Czechoslovak Architecture 58-89 (2024, doc.).