Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy) (2000)
- Genre: Documentary
- Country: Czechia
- Runtime: 254 min
- Rated: 15+
- Released: 2000-12-16
- TMDB rating: 8.0 / 10 (1)
A labyrinthine portrait of Czech culture on the brink of a new millennium. Egon Bondy prophesies a capitalist inferno, Jim Čert admits to collaborating with the secret police, Jaroslav Foglar can’t find a bottle-opener, and Ivan Diviš makes observations about his own funeral. This is the Czech Republic in the late 90s, as detailed in Karel Vachek’s documentary.
- Director: Karel Vachek
- Writer: Karel Vachek
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