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Director
Pavla Frýdlová
Original idea
Pavla Frýdlová
Producer
Petr Morávek
Production company
Czech TV
Director of photography
Miroslav Šnábl
Editor
Krasimira Veličková
IDF Events
2010 Catalogue of Upcoming Czech Documentary Films

My Great-Grandfather Genghis Khan

Můj pradědeček Čingischán, Czech Republic, 2011, 57 min, 16 mm, Beta, DVD, HD, Arts and Culture, History, Human Rights, Philosophy, Social Issues, Society

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The documentary illustrates the fact given by the location of the Czech territory as well as the historical turn of events, i.e. that in most Czech families, there is an ancestor who came from elsewhere, belonged to another ethnicity, another culture, spoke another language and looked completely different. Thus the documentary holds up a mirror to the growing nationalism, which often hides behind the term of patriotism, relativizing slogans such as "Czechia to Czechs" etc. On the example of several personalities, the film proves that the mixing of genes is often important for various talents and character features, enriching not only individual lives but the whole nation as well.

Director:

Pavla Frýdlová

Co-director:

Nenad Djapič

Producer:

Petr Morávek

Executive producer:

Jindřich Bareš

Screenplay:

Pavla Frýdlová

Original idea:

Pavla Frýdlová