Milena (1991)
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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.
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Valérie KapriskyMilena Jesenská
Gudrun LandgrebeOlga
Stacy KeachJesenski
Nick MancusoJaromir
Peter GallagherPollak
Yves JacquesMax Brod
Jacques PenotSimon Foreman
Jeanne MarineLisa
Philip AnglimKafkaClotilde Aras
Philippe CaroitVon Vollmar
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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.
How long is Milena?
Milena has a runtime of 139 minutes.