In 1969, as the first humans are landing on the moon, Hannah and her family flee to Germany in the aftermath of the Prague Spring. Her father would rather be in Italy, her mother succumbs to shopping fever, her little sister soon refuses to speak Czech and 13-year-old Hannah misses her grandfather Zikmund. The West German pop and consumer culture of the 1970s seems like an alien planet to the eyes of the refugee girl. With her successful debut film, director Iva Švarcová processed a piece of her own past some 30 years after the fact. A clever reflection on German and Czech history.
ALS GROSSVATER RITA HAYWORTH LIEBTE / ALS GROSSVATER RITA HAYWORTH LIEBTE
DEU, CHE 2000 / 90 min
Language: German, Czech
Director: Iva Švarcová
Screenplay: Iva Švarcová
Cinematographer: Hille Sagel
Editor: Georg Janett
Music: Annette Focks
Cast: Vlastimil Brodský, Karen
Fisher, Ewa Gawryluk, Vladimír
Hajdu
Producer: Malte Ludin
Production Company: Švarc Film
Co-Production Company: LangFilm, ZDF
Rights Holder: Basis Film DV
In 1969, as the first humans are landing on the moon, Hannah and her family flee to Germany in the aftermath of the Prague Spring. Her father would rather be in Italy, her mother succumbs to shopping fever, her little sister soon refuses to speak Czech and 13-year-old Hannah misses her grandfather Zikmund. The West German pop and consumer culture of the 1970s seems like an alien planet to the eyes of the refugee girl. With her successful debut film, director Iva Švarcová processed a piece of her own past some 30 years after the fact. A clever reflection on German and Czech history.
Screenplay: Iva Švarcová
Cinematographer: Hille Sagel
Editor: Georg Janett
Music: Annette Focks
Cast: Vlastimil Brodský, Karen
Fisher, Ewa Gawryluk, Vladimír
Hajdu
