Melbourne Cinémathèque & ACMI present
Those Wonderful Movie Cranks
When
Wed 9 Oct 2024
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Produced to mark the 80th anniversary of Czech cinema, this lively, charming comic tribute to the country’s movie pioneers is heavily informed by Menzel’s own knowledge of film history – yet not at all bound by it – creating a nostalgic world of imagined characters and films that often act as stand-ins for the real thing. Menzel regular Rudolf Hrušínský leads the cast, playing a magician, travelling projectionist and founder of Prague’s first permanent cinema, with Menzel himself, of course, playing the key role of the first Czech film director. With Vlasta Fabiánová.
Presented in partnership with the Czech and Slovak Film Festival of Australia.
About Melbourne Cinémathèque
Australia's longest-running film society, Melbourne Cinémathèque screens significant works of international cinema in the medium they were created, the way they would have originally screened.
Melbourne Cinémathèque is self-administered, volunteer-run, not-for-profit and membership-driven.
