If Adolf Hitler Lived There Would Be No Rights for Gypsies

director: Martina Malinová, Apolena Rychlíková

original title: Za Adolfa by žádní morgoši neměli žádný práva

year: 2014

running time: 27 min.

synopsis

Filmed in colour, decidedly conceived in black and white, this observational documentary about the reality of a day with a group of gypsy quintuplets reveals the painful topic of Czech racism. The endless task of caring for the children, captured on camera, is accompanied by scornful comments and financial calculations by the ethnic majority that only expose their own weaknesses.

DETAIL:
The first quintuplets in the Czech Republic: “brownies, five little monkeys, the untouchable five, a prosperous farm, potential lazybones, 5 gypsies = 5 crimes, little rats, black pigs, freeloaders, brats…” Life’s great, isn’t it?

biography

Apolena Rychlíková (1989) is studying documentary film at FAMU. She is intensively engaged in public affairs and contributes to the website Deník Referendum, the web journal A2larm and Romea.cz – activities that are reflected in her film work. Her films Hájek at the Castle (2011), The Government is Falling, Make a Wish (2012), Family (2013), and Ex-Premiers (2013) have been screened at the Jihlava IDFF. She yearns to make a documentary film about Jaromír Jágr and Helena Fibingerová.

Martina Malinová is a student of documentary film at FAMU. She previously appeared at the Jihlava IDFF as part of the Television Celebration series of reportages (2013) celebrating 60 years of Czech TV. Her original documentary entitled Thou Shalt Not Steal (2013), filmed while still at school, explores the phenomenon of shoplifting as a metaphor of protest against the values of consumer society.

more about film

director:	Martina Malinová, Apolena Rychlíková
script:	Apolena Rychlíková, Martina Malinová
photography:	Vojtěch Polák
editing:	Apolena Rychlíková, Martina Malinová
sound:	Adam Levý

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