Brother Karel

The film Brother Karel shows the tragic fate of the legend of two Czechoslovak revolutions – 1968 and 1989.

Bratříček Karel
Czechia, Poland 2016
79 min.
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Documentary capturing the dramatic fate of the most famous Czech bard, Karel Kryl. The film introduces many of his best-known songs, as well as the less well-known ones. Another important line of the film is the search for the copy of Andrzej Zajączkowski’s fil­m, who in 1969 as a student at FAMU, shot a film about Karel Kryl´s song Morituri te salutant.

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Credits
Director: Krystyna Krauze
Screenplay: Krystyna Krauzeová
Cinematography: Jacek Petrycki, Daniel Šperl, Braňo Pažitka
Music: Petr Haas
Sound: Daniel Němec, Štěpán Mamula
Editing: Matouš Outrata, Evženie Brabcová
Production Design: Jan Tobola
Producer: Barbara Ławská, Hana Třeštíková, Alena Müllerová, Helena Uldrichová
Costumes: Marie Fulková, Lenka Rašková
Cast: Karel Kryl, Andrzej Zajączkowski, Agnieszka Holland, Patrik Vojtíšek, Milena Sajtková, Krystyna Krauzeová, Jan Kryl, Jiří Černý, Vladimír Merta, Jaroslav Hutka
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