Plot Summary

Prague, 1920. Milena's father wants her to follow in his footsteps and be one of the first female doctors in Czechoslovakia, but she is determined to be a writer. She elopes to Vienna with the Jewish music critic Ernst Pollak, and starts a correspondence with Franz Kafka. She leaves Pollak and returns to Prague with her father, where she befriends and translates Kafka. As a journalist, Milena covers the 1923 Ruhr worker's strike and meets the communist architect Jaromir.

Movie Details

Original Title
Milena
Status
released
Original Language
en

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Cast

Valérie Kaprisky as Milena Jesenská

Valérie Kaprisky

Milena Jesenská

Stacy Keach as Jesenski

Stacy Keach

Jesenski

Gudrun Landgrebe as Olga

Gudrun Landgrebe

Olga

Nick Mancuso as Jaromir

Nick Mancuso

Jaromir

Peter Gallagher as Pollak

Peter Gallagher

Pollak

Yves Jacques as Max Brod

Yves Jacques

Max Brod

Jacques Penot as Simon Foreman

Jacques Penot

Simon Foreman

Jeanne Marine as Lisa

Jeanne Marine

Lisa

Philip Anglim as Kafka

Philip Anglim

Kafka

Clotilde Aras as

Clotilde Aras

Philippe Caroit as Von Vollmar

Philippe Caroit

Von Vollmar

Claude Duneton as

Claude Duneton

Christine Fersen as

Christine Fersen

Maxime Leroux as

Maxime Leroux

Pierre Romans as Hermann Bahr

Pierre Romans

Hermann Bahr

Marie-Françoise Audollent as

Marie-Françoise Audollent

Paul Barrett as

Paul Barrett

Pierre Belot as

Pierre Belot

Rémy Carpentier as

Rémy Carpentier

Philippe Cal as

Philippe Cal

Production Companies

Bavaria Film logoBavaria Film
Farena Films
France 3 Cinéma logoFrance 3 Cinéma
Les Films de l'Amante
Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment
Sofinergie Films