Mlýny (play)

Mlýny (English: The Mills) is a Czech comedy play based on the early work of Václav Havel and Karel Brynda: Žít po svém (Live My Life).

Story

The storyline is set in a military unit during the socialist era. The simple intrigue showed shooting a civilist for guard's service. A starting point of this satiric comedy depicts people's army as totally absurd "machine" destroying people's characters.

Productions

Divadlo Sklep

• Directed by Ondřej Trojan and Jiří Fero Burda. The play had its premiere in 1994.
• Jan Slovák .... Lance Corporal Milan Maršík
• Jiří Fero Burda .... Private Marián Šimák/Ghost
• Petr Koutecký .... Private Čapek
• Otakáro Schmidt .... Private Houska
• František Fáňa Váša .... des. Abs. Toman
• Monika Načeva .... Technical Sergeant Boženka
• Tomáš Hanák .... Lieutenant Horáček
• David Vávra .... Lieutenant Colonel Malík
• Ondřej Trojan .... Captain Sládek
• Robert Nebřenský .... Major Buzgo
• Luboš Veselý .... trumpeter

External links

• Critique in Czechoslovak Film Database
• Mlýny in Facebook