Section outline

  • 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 

  • 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) 

  • 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

  • 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 

  • The Cremator (Spalovač mrtvol, directed by Juraj Herz, 1968)

    Ladislav Fuks: The Cremator (Spalovač mrtvol)

    Presentation: film & book Anna Lamberová

  • 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

  • Schindler´s List (directed by Steve Spielberg, 1993)

    Thomas Keneally: Schindler´s Ark (later Schindler´s List)

    Presentation: Anna Bendová & Eliška Sýkorová

  • The Pianist (directed by Roman Polanski, 2002)

    Władysław Szpilman: The Death of the City (Śmierć miasta)

    Presentation: film Natálie Rejková & book Tadeáš Dohňanský

  • Fatelessness (Sorstalanság, directed by Lajos Koltai, 2005)

    Imre Kertész: Fatelessness (Sorstalanság)

    Presentation: film Lukáš Černý & book Anna Rodová

  • Painted Bird (Nabarvené ptáče, directed by Václav Marhoul 2019)

    Jerzy Kosinski: Painted Bird

    Presentation: Lisa Delepine & Quittery Mingasson