MY FRIEND THE GYPSY
Symposium
MY FRIEND THE GYPSY is a perfect demonstration of how to serve up post-war distraction and socio-realistic role model posturing at the same time. The film tackles the exemplary integration of the “gypsy” into industrious, solidary and – henceforth – communist Czechoslovakian society. Communist-Jewish remigrant Jiři Weiss’s (re-)education project, characterised by the stage, performance and studiousness, makes for a splendid visual aid when it comes to revealing the “construction of the other” – in this case of the “Stalinist gypsy proletarian”.
MŮJ PŘÍTEL FABIÁN / MEIN FREUND FABIAN
CSK 1953 / 99 min
Language: Czech
Director: Jiří Weiss
- Screenplay: Ludvík Aškenazy, Jiří Weiss
- Cast: Otto Lackovič, Dušan Klein, Ladislav Chudík, Otomar Krejča, Věra Bublíková, Bohuš Záhorský
- Production Company: Studio Uměleckého Filmu, Czechoslovakia
- Rights Holder: National Film Archive
MY FRIEND THE GYPSY is a perfect demonstration of how to serve up post-war distraction and socio-realistic role model posturing at the same time. The film tackles the exemplary integration of the “gypsy” into industrious, solidary and – henceforth – communist Czechoslovakian society. Communist-Jewish remigrant Jiři Weiss’s (re-)education project, characterised by the stage, performance and studiousness, makes for a splendid visual aid when it comes to revealing the “construction of the other” – in this case of the “Stalinist gypsy proletarian”.
- Screenplay: Ludvík Aškenazy, Jiří Weiss
- Cast: Otto Lackovič, Dušan Klein, Ladislav Chudík, Otomar Krejča, Věra Bublíková, Bohuš Záhorský
- Production Company: Studio Uměleckého Filmu, Czechoslovakia
- Rights Holder: National Film Archive