Milena

Overview

Prague, 1920. Milena's father wants her to follow in his footsteps and be one of the first female doctors in Czechoslovakia, but she is determined to be a writer. She elopes to Vienna with the Jewish music critic Ernst Pollak, and starts a correspondence with Franz Kafka. She leaves Pollak and returns to Prague with her father, where she befriends and translates Kafka. As a journalist, Milena covers the 1923 Ruhr worker's strike and meets the communist architect Jaromir.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 4, 1991

Original language

English

Spoken languages

french

Countries

Canada, France, Germany

Production

France 3 Cinéma,Bavaria Film,Sofinergie Films,Stéphan Films,Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment,Farena Films,Les Films de l'Amante,Bavaria Film, Farena Films, France 3 Cinéma, Les Films de l'Amante, Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment, Sofinergie Films, Stéphan Films

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0102444