🎬 Little Brother Karel (2016)

Bratříček Kryl portrays the tragic fate of a legend of two Czechoslovak revolutions - 1968 and 1989. The documentary recounts many unknown events from the life of Karel Kryl and presents compelling archives that have not yet been known to the wider public. The lyrics of his songs remain relevant today - he was a visionary, foresaw the future, yet also reflected the present superbly. An eternal rebel... What was so compelling about the “little singer with a big voice” that more than twenty years after his death, people still sing his songs and read his poetry? What is an artist’s place in the tragic history of their homeland? Can an individual influence the course of history? How do traumatic childhood experiences affect a creator’s psyche? Was Kryl a victim of his nation’s history? The crowds loved him, but he died lonely and embittered - because he never compromised. These and other questions were posed by the film’s author, Krystyna Krauze.