- Director
Dušan Hanák
- Original idea
Dušan Hanák
- Producer
Philippe Avril ...
- Production company
Alef Jo Filmštudio s.r.o. ...
- Director of photography
Alojz Hanúzek
- Editor
Patrik Pašš ...
Paper Heads
Papírové hlavy, Czech Republic, 1996, 96 min, Creative, Politics, Society
“I think that we are unable to deal with our own past. Paper Heads is a reflection on freedom and lack of freedom. It talks about the relationship between the citizen and power and the lack of respect for human rights in the Czechoslovakia of 1945–1989. The film takes place in the framework of street theatre. The conclusion extends these happening motives by contemporary reflections of our times. The structure of the film is built around key events of the past regime and archive footage is applied in shortened, paradoxical and even humorous ways. In the testimonies I looked for the people’s concrete human and universal dimensions in order to combine them in an emotional picture of man in socialist society.” Dušan Hanák
Director:
Dušan Hanák
Original idea:
Dušan Hanák
Screenplay:
Dušan Hanák
Producer:
Marián Urban, Philippe Avril, Maya Simon, Alena Müllerová, Marián Puobiš, Claus Josten
Executive producer:
Vladimír Krajniak, Tomáš Formáček, Jan Krása
Director of photography:
Alojz Hanúzek
Editor:
Patrik Pašš, Alena Pätoprstá
Sound:
Pavol-Jan Jasovský, Igor Vrabec
Languages:
Czech, Slovak
Subtitles:
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1997 FEBIOFEST
TRILOBIT -
1996 FITES
Special Jury award -
1996 IFFKV
A.F. Šulc award -
1996 AFO
Petr Mihálik Award -
IF film clubs, Banská Bystrica
Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award -
40th San Francisco International Film Festival, 1997