Kdo bude hlídat hlídace? Dalibor, aneb klíc k chaloupce strýcka Toma

Kdo bude hlídat hlídace? Dalibor, aneb klíc k chaloupce strýcka Toma

Director:

In the fourth and final instalment of Karel Vacheks not-so-little Little Capitalist Tetralogy, preparations for an opera performance in the Czech capitals art-nouveau National Theatre become the occasion for a reflection on rebels, dissidents, and others subversives who stand in battle, heroically and sometimes tragically, against majority opinion, established rules, or powerful institutions. “As the camera wanders over, around and through Pragues lavish National Theatre, director J.A. Pitínský coaches singers through a rehearsal of Bedich Smetanas tragic opera Dalibor. Intercut with the tale of the 15th-century knight who, imprisoned, refused to name names, Vachek interviews, on the plush red seats of the empty theatre, a whole series of latter-day rebels.

Variety
Eddie Cockrell