Communism and the Net or the End of Representative Democracy

Name: Communism and the Net or the End of Representative Democracy
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2022-12-09
Cast: Karel Vachek, Václav Havel (a.z.), Alexander Dubček (a.z.), Miloš Zeman (a.z.), Jan Palach (a.z.)

The six-hour essay in four parts examines the history of regimes and revolutions, leaders and martyrs, from a philosophical perspective.

Komunismus a síť aneb Konec zastupitelské demokracie

Karel Vachek

Czechia 2019

Czech

English

337 min.

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This film is available until 31. 12. 2032 in these territories: Czechia.

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The six-hour essay in four parts examines the history of regimes and revolutions, leaders and martyrs, from a philosophical perspective. The collage of personal memories, staged scenes and archives of collective memory compares the Prague Spring to the Velvet Revolution and shows the exposure, conflict, crisis, and catharsis of the post-communist society. Democracy can be saved through creative laughter, dissolving the untouchability and hypertrophic egos of the representatives of state institutions. The Internet frees the society from representatives of the non-functional connecting link that prevents direct communication between citizens and institutions of power.

Credits

Director: Karel Vachek

Screenplay: Karel Vachek

Cinematography: Karel Slach

Editing: Renata Pařezová, Helena Papírníková

Producer: Mikuláš Novotný, Radim Procházka

Co-production: Robert Kirchhoff, Vít Komrzý

Cast: Karel Vachek, Václav Havel (a.z.), Alexander Dubček (a.z.), Miloš Zeman (a.z.), Jan Palach (a.z.), Boris Hybner (a.z.), Pepa Nos

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