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The Ear | UCHO | David Vaughan Invitation

Ear – the book behind a Czech film legend TUE 17 JAN 2023 18:30 Czech Embassy Cinema, London To mark the publishing of a first English translation of Jan Procházka’s masterpiece, David Vaughan and Peter Hames discuss both, the book and the film, followed by a screening of the 1970 classic. A book launch & film screening of Ear with David Vaughan and Peter Hames The Ear – Ucho in Czech – is one of the greatest of all Czech films. It was the culmination of ten years of fruitful cooperation between the director Karel Kachyňa and screenwriter Jan Procházka. The film was completed in 1970, but in the oppressive atmosphere after the 1968 Soviet invasion it was banned immediately and was not seen by audiences in Czechoslovakia until twenty years later. It is not hard to see why. It is set in the period of the Stalinist purges in 1950s Czechoslovakia. A senior government official Ludvík and his wife Anna come back from a drunken party at the ministry to find that their house has been bugged. A gripping psychological drama follows, as they await a knock on the door. Jan Procházka was one of the most popular and prolific Czech writers of the 1960s, closely identified with the reforms and growing artistic freedoms of the time, and the novella Ear is perhaps his greatest work. It combines the economy of Hemingway with the tension of Hitchcock, set in a stifling totalitarian environment. For the first time Ear has been published in English – by Karolinum Press in a translation by Mark Corner. We shall be screening the film and talking about both, the film and the book with David Vaughan, who wrote the afterword to the new edition, and film historian Peter Hames. 6.30 pm Debate | 7:20 pm Screening of The Ear Admission: £7 BOOK NOW: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ear-th... The Ear / Ucho Karel Kachyňa, Czechoslovakia, 1970, 94’ subtitles Cast: Jiřina Bohdalová, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Jiří Císler, Jaroslav Moučka A night of fear for a deputy minister and his wife. When they return home from an official state reception they find out not only that they have had 'visitors' but also that the whole house is bugged. The man realizes the vulnerability of his position, starts to panic and burns all his documents. The stress of an omnipresent 'ear' lays bare their marital problems as well as the hopelessness of the situation. This political thriller drawing on the stylistic forms of film noir proved to be a very accurate indictment of the totalitarian system and couldn't be released until 1990. With superb performances from Jiřina Bohdalová and Radoslav Brzobohatý. A Golden Palm nomination for director Karel Kachyna at the 1990 Cannes Internation Film Festival Peter Hames is Visiting Professor in Film Studies at Staffordshire University. His books include The Czechoslovak New Wave (2005), Czech and Slovak Cinema: Theme and Tradition (2010), The Best of Slovak Cinema (2018) and, as editor, The Cinema of Central Europe (2004), The Cinema of Jan Švankmajer (2008), and Cinemas in Transition in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989 (with Catherine Portuges, 2013). He recently edited two special issues of Studies in Eastern European Cinema on Věra Chytilová (2018-19) and has contributed to a forthcoming book on the Barrandov studios. David Vaughan is a writer, broadcaster, journalist and university lecturer. His debut novel Slyšte můj hlas(2014) won the Czech Book Prize readers’ award in 2015. The book has been published in English by Jantar Publishing as Hear My Voice (2019). He is also author of Battle for the Airwaves (2008), a study of the role of the media in the run-up to WWII. For eight years he was editor-in-chief of Radio Prague, having previously been the BBC’s Prague correspondent. Part of the season celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Czech Centre London that highlights the most successful past projects. The film Ear was screened as part of The Eye of the Camera: A Profile of Karel Kachyňa, a retrospective organised by the Czech Centre in March 2003 in Riverside Studios in London. #ucho #czechfilm #davidvaughan