Titanic

synopsis

A wild party is taking place on board the sinking ship of late socialism, dominated by a fiery political speech by Milan Kohout. At times, the film shifts from dramatic scenes to a television programme about the importance of water. As time goes on, events spiral out of control and the chaos intensifies as catastrophe looms.

biography

Miroslav Čapek (1958) has been active on the Pilsen amateur film scene since the 1980s, initially within the alternative culture scene and later at the Luna club, where he collaborated with cinematographer Jan Loučím. From the 1990s onwards, he turned professional and worked as a director for newly established private television stations.

Milan Kohout (1955) is a performer, actor, director and visual artist and was a prominent cultural figure in Pilsen in the 1980s, where he developed a number of cultural projects straddling the boundaries of film, theatre, music and performance. From the mid-1980s, he was active in the Prague dissident movement. After emigrating in 1987, he worked in the USA as an artist and university lecturer.

film details

director:	Milan Kohout, Miroslav Čapek
cast:	Miroslav Čapek, Štěpánka Jandačová, Milan Kohout, Jiří P. Vacek
producer:	Martin Blažíček
photography:	Jiří Dvorský
editing:	Jiří Dvorský, Milan Kohout
sound:	Jiří Dvorský