The Prison of History

The prison in Uherské Hradiště has a dark place in Czechoslovak history.

Section: New Czech Films and TV Programmes

Od 15 years

Director: Jan Gogola, Matěj Hrudička / Czech Republic / 2023 / 92 min
Czech / English subtitles

Thursday 30. 05.
09:10 - 10:42
Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6

Delegation:
Jan Gogola

Sunday 02. 06.
19:00 - 20:32
Golden Apple Cinema, sál 6

Jan
Gogola

Jan Gogola Jr. (1971, Czechia). Selected filmography: Mythmaking (Kateřina Šedá: Jak se dělá mýtus, 2013), History of the Present (Exkurze aneb Historie současnosti, 2015), František of His Kind (František svého druhu, 2014), Eternal Jožo (Věčný Jožo aneb Jak jsem potkal hvězdu, 2020), The Prison of History (Vězení dějin, 2023)

Matěj
Hrudička

Matěj Hrudička (1994, Czechia). Selected filmography: The Prison of History (Vězení dějin, 2023), Little Escape (Malý útěk, 2023)

The prison in Uherské Hradiště has a dark place in Czechoslovak history. It was used by the Gestapo, then people's courts and public executions were held there, and then those inconvenient to the communist regime were imprisoned there. Since 1960, the building has slowly decayed, but the bad memories remain within its walls. The film explores the prison, meets people from different generational, ideological, and social backgrounds, and releases the history of the experience it holds.