Stories of the 20th Century: Agent Vian

director: Viktor Portel

original title: Příběhy 20. století: Agent Vian

year: 2016

running time: 26 min.

synopsis

It is the late 1980s. Petr Mička and Jirka Imlauf are friends at the Faculty of Education in Ústí nad Labem. Two years still remain before the Velvet Revolution. What could their random participation in an unpermitted protest possibly achieve? And what happens after a random look into the Cibulka List of supposed collaborators 20 years later?

biography

Viktor Portel (1989) is the head of the audiovisual section of the project Memory of Nations. In his work, he explores the dark side of Czech politics and tries to find universalities among specific stories from Czech history.

more about film

director:	Viktor Portel
producer:	Petr Kubica
photography:	Jan Vlnas, Robert Portel
editing:	David Mencl
music:	Matěj Kroupa
sound:	Adam Levý

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