War Correspondent

Documentary film about Czech Radio war correspondent Martin Dorazín.

Válečný zpravodaj
Czechia 2024
  • Czech
  • English
  • Ukrainian
  • Polish
  • German
79 min.
12+
  • This film is available until 31. 12. 2030 in these territories: Czechia.
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The documentary provides an insight into the life and work of one of the Czech Republic’s most experienced war reporters, Martin Dorazín. This disturbing film, co-directed by David Čálek and Benjamin Tuček and produced by Václav Flegl, tells the stories of people directly affected by the war, offers a view of the current conflict in Ukraine and highlights the wider context of the war and the importance of conflict reporting as a whole.

Through the reporter Martin Dorazín, through his character, we discover the everyday life of ordinary people, who have been subjected to the effects of war for a long time. We are showing the force that actually decides wars. It is not victory on the frontline, but the resilience of the civilians. The theme of social resilience is explored through the eyes of a war correspondent, through his work with sound in radio reports. In the film we also refer to the non-war context – a society is only as strong as its weakest individual. Failure usually does not occur where people have come together, because coming together itself increases the chances of survival of the collective. This is a theme that also speaks to a society that is not directly threatened by war.

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Credits
Director: Benjamin Tuček, David Čálek
Screenplay: David Čálek, Benjamin Tuček
Cinematography: David Čálek, Benjamin Tuček
Music: Stroon
Sound: Václav Flegl
Editing: Ondřej Nuslauer
Producer: Václav Flegl
Cast: Martin Dorazín, Oleh Tkačenko
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  • This film is available until 31. 12. 2030 in these territories: Czechia.