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I, Olga Hepnarová

Country: Czech Republic, Language: Czech, 105 mins

Original Title

Já, Olga Hepnarová
  • Director: Petr Kazda; Tomás Weinreb
  • Writer: Roman Cílek; Tomás Weinreb
  • Producer: Sylwester Banaszkiewicz; Vojtech Fric

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Olga is a complex young woman desperate to break free from her unfeeling family and social conventions. With her Louise Brooks-like tomboyish looks she drags herself, chain-smoking, from one job to another until she appears to find her niche as a truck driver. Although she has female lovers she does not form a bond with any of them; instead she clashes, time and again, venting herself in wordless emotional outbursts and other behavioural extremes.

Meticulously composed and shot in elegiac black-and-white this film tells the story of the short life of an exceptionally lonely young woman who turns into a mass murderer when, on 10 July 1973 – as she has just turned 22 – she drives a rented truck into a group of people, killing eight. In a letter acknowledging her deed she writes that she sought to take revenge on the world and on those she felt hated her. In spite of clear indications that she was mentally ill she was executed – making her the last woman to be publicly executed in Czechoslovakia. After producing several documentaries and shorts together, this film marks the directors’ first drama. The film is based on a lengthy period of research which culminated initially in a documentary entitled Everything is Crap.


Film Já, Olga Hepnarová je príbehem mladé ženy, která v roce 1973 nasedla do nákladního auta a v centru Prahy zabila 8 lidí. Svuj cin považovala za akt pomsty spolecnosti, která jí podle ní celý život ubližovala, a v roce 1975 byla jako poslední žena na území Ceskoslovenska popravena. Snímek je existenciálním dramatem Olgy Hepnarové, je príbehem osamelého cloveka vymezujícího se proti vetšinové spolecnosti, príbehem, který vyústí v tragédii a nemá víteze ani poraženého. Film nabízí pohled na traumatický život i cin hlavní hrdinky z urcitého odstupu tak, aby se emotivne na stranu Olgy Hepnarové neklonil. Film je soucasne i dramatem lidí z okolí Olgy Hepnarové a snaží se najít príciny jejího strašného agresivního aktu.


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Cast & Characters

Michalina Olszanska as Olga Hepnarova;
Martin Pechlat as Miroslav;
Klara Meliskova as Mother;
Marika Soposka as Jitka;
Juraj Nvota as Advocate;
Martin Finger as Dr. Hronec;
Marta Mazurek as Alena;
Ondrej Maly as Psychiatrist Spyrka;
Petra Nesvacilova as Iveta;
Ivan Paluch;
Gabriela Micova as Psychiatrist Rabska;
Zuzana Stavna as Sister;
Jan Novotny as Judge;
Viktor Vrabec as Father;
Malwina Turek as Gypsy Girl