Amerika

Vladimír Michálek chose an unconventional adaptation of Kafka's novel for his feature debut. Artistically reminiscent of the classic films of Karel Zeman, the director reinterpreted this dark story of a man vainly seeking a place in a rigidly ordered society by changing the desperate conclusion INTO a happy end. The film provided Czech comic Jiří Lábus with a new kind of role: that of the despotic uncle. (official distributor synopsis)