A Holiday in the Era of Steam

Zora Cejnková / Czech Republic / 2018 / World Premiere / 57 min.

synopsis

This unique docureality show will take the viewers to the times of the industrial revolution when nothing was for free, capitalism was in its infancy, and there was a great inequality in the society. In Zora Cejnková’s unique experiment, three groups of people are cut off from the achievements of modern civilization to start a hunt for money at Mr Kohoutek’s factory.

biography

Lenka Poláková’s Czech Television creative group focuses primarily on TV formats. Their most important series include Dovolená v Protektorátu (A Holiday in the Protectorate), the documentary series Život se smrtí (Life with Death, 2012), and Na dovolenou ve dvou – dítě v ceně (A Holiday for Two – Children Included, 2015).

film details

director:	Zora Cejnková
producer:	Lenka Poláková
script:	Zora Cejnková
photography:	Michal Vojkůvka
editing:	Krasimira Velitchkova
music:	Jindřich Kravařík, Jakub Šimandl, Tomáš Krejča
sound:	Vladimír Chrastil, Petr Přeček, Ondřej Černý