Mág (film)

Mág (Magician) is a 1988 Czech film directed by František Vláčil. The film is about Czech poet Karel Hynek Mácha. It is Vláčil's last film.[1][2] The film received mixed reviews and critics called it a reflection of Vláčil's previous work.[3][4]

Mág
Czech poster
Directed byFrantišek Vláčil
Written byVáclav Nývlt
StarringJiří Schwarz
Music byJiří F. Svoboda
CinematographyJiří Macák, Jan Hanzal
Production
company
Release date
March 1988
Running time
87 minutes
CountryCzechoslovakia
LanguageCzech

Plot

Mácha goes to Litoměřice where he accepted position as a Notary. He plans to marry Lori who is getting prepared for the wedding. Mácha's brother Michal comes instead of him and announces that Mácha is dead. The film then switches to when Mácha and Lori met. Maácha and Lori met in Kajetán's theatre. The film shows Mácha's and Lori's relationship. It also shows Mácha's meeting with ill girl Márinka who is a fan of his poems. Mácha also hears that someone called Hynek killed his father in jealousy. It inspires Mácha to make his most famous poem, Máj. When Máj is released it is received negatively and Mácha needs to provide Lori who is pregnant and accepts position as a Notary in Litoměřice. He spends his free time at Rádobyce. One day there is a fire and Mácha helps but his organism succumbs illness and he dies.

Cast

References
  1. "Mág recenze DVD (Bonton)". www.nostalghia.cz. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  2. "Mág. (1987)". Filmový přehled (in Czech). Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  3. "Mág (1987)". Czech and Slovak Film Database. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  4. "František Vláčil – 25fps". 25fps.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 23 September 2017.


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