Milena
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.
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Milena
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Status
Released
Release Date
Jul 4, 1991
Runtime
2h 19m
Genres
Drama
User Score
20%
Original Title
Milena
Production Companies
Bavaria Film, Farena Films, France 3 Cinéma, Les Films de l'Amante, Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment, Sofinergie Films, Stéphan Films
Director
Véra Belmont
Description
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.
