28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

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That Guy’s on Fire

director: Martin Ježek
original title: Spálenej fešák
country: Czech Republic
year: 2011
running time: 45 min.

synopsis

FilmACT looks at Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in 1969 to protest the occupation of Czechoslovakia. It offers an intimate look at his personal hell as he lay in pain in the hospital, interrogated by the police. The film combines existing footage, shots taken at locations associated with his final days, and recordings of the interrogations.

more about film

director: Martin Ježek
photography: found footage: Jan Hus, režie Miroslav Bambušek
Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Creative Europe Media
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms