Julek

Julek

The "Little Lord" from the Smíchov tenement house.

1980 · ★ 5.8 · Drama, History

The future communist journalist Julius Fučík had a stimulating childhood and youth in a working-class environment, when his moral maturity was already showing. The authors of the film recall that the young Julek was a star of the suburban operetta scene, and in three episodes they depict him both in his early childhood and already at the gymnasium, when the outbreak of the World War shaped his determination.

Directed by Ota Koval · Written by Milan Pavlík

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