...And I Didn't Run Away!

Vladimír Mráz / Czechoslovakia / 1989 / The film already had its Czech Premiere / 12 min.

synopsis

Žižka never ran away from battle, nor did the most famous confectioner in Šumava, Karel Sedlecký, heir to a family tradition, who survived forced conscription into the Third Reich, collectivization, and imprisonment in the 1960s. The story of the master confectioner, thanks to whom production in Sušice grew beyond national significance, shows how the communist regime persecuted its own talents.

biography

Vladimír Mráz (born 1961) is a screenwriter, director, and producer. Since 1989, he has made over a thousand popular educational and journalistic programmes for Czech Television. He focuses on children’s and animated productions. He directed the documentary Kolik příběhů má den (How Many Stories Does a Day Have, 2008), and the animated film Báječná show (The Wonderful Show, 2002).