Holocaust in Film Adaptations
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Romeo and Juliet and the Darkness (Romeo, Julie a tma, directed by Jiří Weiss, 1959)
Jan Otčenášek: Romeo and Juliet and the Darkness (Romeo, Julie a tma)
Presentation: Patrik Hrabánek & Aneta Formanová
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Transport from Paradise (Transport z ráje, directed by Zbyněk Brynych, 1962)
Arnošt Lustig: Night and Hope (Noc a naděje)
Presentation: Zoltán Csortos (film) and Nadiya Yakubishyn (book)
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Diamonds of the Night (Démanty noci, directed by Jan Němec, 1964)
Arnošt Lustig: Darkness Casts No Shadow (Tma nemá stín)
Presentation: book and film Klára Nekvasilová and Marína Ryšánková
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The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze, directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos, 1965)
Ladislav Grosman: The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze)
Presentation: film Valerie Hetzendorfová
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The Cremator (Spalovač mrtvol, directed by Juraj Herz, 1968)
Ladislav Fuks: The Cremator (Spalovač mrtvol)
Presentation: film & book Anna Lamberová
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Jakob the Liar (Jakob der Lügner, directed by Frank Beyer, 1974)
Jurek Becker: Jakob the Liar (Jakob der Lügner)
Presentation: film Jiřina Manková + Victor Dominguez Olalla, Raúl De La Torre
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Schindler´s List (directed by Steve Spielberg, 1993)
Thomas Keneally: Schindler´s Ark (later Schindler´s List)
Presentation: Anna Bendová & Eliška Sýkorová
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The Pianist (directed by Roman Polanski, 2002)
Władysław Szpilman: The Death of the City (Śmierć miasta)
Presentation: film Natálie Rejková & book Tadeáš Dohňanský
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Fatelessness (Sorstalanság, directed by Lajos Koltai, 2005)
Imre Kertész: Fatelessness (Sorstalanság)
Presentation: film Lukáš Černý & book Anna Rodová
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Painted Bird (Nabarvené ptáče, directed by Václav Marhoul 2019)
Jerzy Kosinski: Painted Bird
Presentation: Lisa Delepine & Quittery Mingasson