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Talks with TGM

Talks with TGM

DramaHistory
2018, Movie, 1h 20min
On 26 September 1928, Karel Capek and President T.G. Masaryk meet in the gardens of Topolcianky castle to decide about the fate of their joint literary work. Their fiction film dialogue is based on quotes from a future book and their mutual correspondence, considerably freeing the original format of literary conversation from binding conventions. Capek and Masaryk reproach and offend each other, but they also ask key personal questions and questions about the social functions of a writer and politician respectively. "It's a film about two extraordinary men; it's about the fact that emotions can be sometimes more powerful than ideas even in such exceptional people.
Country: Slovakia,Czechia
Director:
Jakub Červenka
Cast:
Jan Budař,
Martin Huba
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Jakub Červenka
Director
Jan Budař
As Karel Čapek
Martin Huba
As Tomas Garrigue Masaryk

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Set in the fall of 1928, Talks with TGM brings to life the meeting between renowned writer Karel Čapek and President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. Against the stunning backdrop of Topolcianky castle gardens, the two men engage in a provocative and deeply personal conversation, touching on themes of art, politics, and the human condition. As their discussion unfolds, both men challenge and offend each other, yet also pose profound questions about the role of emotions and ideas in shaping society. Through their fictionalized dialogue, based on quotes and correspondence, the film offers a unique and compelling portrayal of two extraordinary men, and the power of their creative and intellectual exchange.

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You can stream Talks with TGM on: Apple TV

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Talks with TGM include Lee, The Imitation Game, Oppenheimer, The Zone of Interest, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Trial of the Chicago 7.

 

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