Released
Milena
July 4 1991 (over 33 years ago)Rating
20
Based on
1 review
- Director: Véra Belmont
- Genre: Drama
- Runtime: 2 h 19 m
- Countries: Canada, France, Germany
- Companies: Bavaria Film, Farena Films, France 3 Cinéma, Les Films de l'Amante, Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment, Sofinergie Films, Stéphan Films
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.
