Milena

Drama | 1991-07-04 | Canada, France, Germany

2.0 / 10

139 min.

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.

Bavaria Film

Farena Films

France 3 Cinéma

Les Films de l'Amante

Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment

Sofinergie Films

Stéphan Films