She Sat in a Glass House Throwing Stones

She Sat in a Glass House Throwing Stones

90 mins | Documentary | Nov. 26, 1992

A portrait of the poet Jana Černá, daughter of Franz Kafka's lover Milena Jesenská. Behind the bright facade on contemporary Prague, with its travel agencies and McDonalds, there is a tunnel leading to the world behind the postcards. Here, Jana's friends, Prague freaks, poets and philosophers, tell of this exceptional, passionate woman. With the surreal humour of Prague and with a little nostalgia they recall Jana Černá's excesses, her inability to follow rules, and her magnificent lies...

She Sat in a Glass House Throwing Stones

90 mins | Documentary | Nov. 26, 1992

She Sat in a Glass House Throwing Stones
A portrait of the poet Jana Černá, daughter of Franz Kafka's lover Milena Jesenská. Behind the bright facade on contemporary Prague, with its travel agencies and McDonalds, there is a tunnel leading to the world behind the postcards. Here, Jana's friends, Prague freaks, poets and philosophers, tell of this exceptional, passionate woman. With the surreal humour of Prague and with a little nostalgia they recall Jana Černá's excesses, her inability to follow rules, and her magnificent lies...
Producers Extrafilm
Original title Sie saß im Glashaus und warf mit Steinen
Directors Nadja Seelich, Bernd Neuburger
Writers Nadja Seelich

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