The Czech Connection

  • 36'
  • West Germany
  • 1975

The dead body of Jan Němec covered with newspapers is found in a garbage dump, with a suitcase in his hand and a dagger next to him. That's the start of this adventurous mystification, in which Němec imagines himself being murdered as a result of political conspiracy, as well as experiments with American genre.

Screens together with Between Minute 4 and 5 and Die Verwandlung.

  • 36'
  • West Germany
  • 1975
Director
Jan Němec
Country of production
West Germany
Year
1975
Festival Edition
IFFR 2017
Length
36'
Medium
Betacam SP
Original title
Czech Connection (Gedanken über meinen eigenen Tod)
Language
no dialogue
Sales
Jan Němec - Film
Screenplay
Jan Němec
Cinematography
Igor Luther
Editor
Hana Vogel
Sound Design
Vladimír Vízner
Music
Ennio Morricone, Francis Lai
Cast
Robert Redford, Caroline von Monaca, Jan Němec, Jaroslav Hrdlička, Helena Čepková, Petra Čepková, Mannfred Heiting
Director
Jan Němec
Country of production
West Germany
Year
1975
Festival Edition
IFFR 2017
Length
36'
Medium
Betacam SP
Original title
Czech Connection (Gedanken über meinen eigenen Tod)
Language
no dialogue
Sales
Jan Němec - Film
Screenplay
Jan Němec
Cinematography
Igor Luther
Editor
Hana Vogel
Sound Design
Vladimír Vízner
Music
Ennio Morricone, Francis Lai
Cast
Robert Redford, Caroline von Monaca, Jan Němec, Jaroslav Hrdlička, Helena Čepková, Petra Čepková, Mannfred Heiting