Summary

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.

Release Date

04 July 1991

Production Companies

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

Production Countries

Canada, France, Germany