Overview

Prague, 1920. Milena's father wants her to follow in his footsteps and be one of the first female doctors in Czechoslovakia, but she is determined to be a writer. She elopes to Vienna with the Jewish music critic Ernst Pollak, and starts a correspondence with Franz Kafka. She leaves Pollak and returns to Prague with her father, where she befriends and translates Kafka. As a journalist, Milena covers the 1923 Ruhr worker's strike and meets the communist architect Jaromir.

Cast

Valérie Kaprisky, Stacy Keach, Gudrun Landgrebe, Nick Mancuso, Peter Gallagher, Yves Jacques, Jacques Penot, Jeanne Marine

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What is "Milena" about?

Prague, 1920. Milena's father wants her to follow in his footsteps and be one of the first female doctors in Czechoslovakia, but she is determined to be a writer. She elopes to Vienna with the Jewish music critic Ernst Pollak, and starts a correspondence with Franz Kafka. She leaves Pollak and returns to Prague with her father, where she befriends and translates Kafka. As a journalist, Milena covers the 1923 Ruhr worker's strike and meets the communist architect Jaromir.

When was "Milena" released?

Milena was released in 1991.

Who stars in "Milena"?

The cast includes Valérie Kaprisky, Stacy Keach, Gudrun Landgrebe, Nick Mancuso.