Nejvetsi Prani . The Greatest Wish
Verzio FF “What is your greatest wish?” Jan Spata put this question to young people in 1964, at the time of political liberalisation and great aspirations. The first generation to come of age after the Second World War commented openly and critically about socialism. Consequently, it is not surprisi...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Czech |
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Czechoslovakia
1990
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:c22bd37f-a410-45b2-8f49-ab9463680eaf |
| Summary: | Verzio FF
“What is your greatest wish?” Jan Spata put this question to young people in 1964, at the time of political liberalisation and great aspirations. The first generation to come of age after the Second World War commented openly and critically about socialism. Consequently, it is not surprising that the film was banned in 1969. Jan Spata returned to the question he asked in his survey in 1989. The desires of the new generation are veering towards material security yet they openly criticize the lack of freedom in the country. By coincidence, the last day of shooting was 17 November, and the crew even asked the armour-clad police on Wenceslas Square what their biggest wish was. Spata’s film is a generational chronicle of the atmosphere of two crucial moments in Czech history. |
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| Published: | 1990 |