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Proza Bohumila Hrabala oczami JiŘíego Menzla
Bohumil Hrabal’s prose in themes of Jiří Menzel

Author(s): Krystyna Kufel
Subject(s): Language studies
Published by: Fundacja Pro Scientia Publica
Keywords: Czech cinema; screen adaptations; 20th century Czech literature; director; writer

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns six movie adaptations of Bohumil Hrabal’s books (Pearls of the deep, Closely observed trains, I’ll sell the house in which I can live no more, Cutting it short, The snowdrop festival, I served the king of England), created by Jiří Menzel. It includes not only short profiles of both the writer and the director and an attempt at describing those two’s relationship while making the movies, but also an analysis of the work’s themes and distinguishing features of their movie versions.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 595-602
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish