The Future Shapes the Past
Original title: Budoucnost utváří minulost
- Genre: Documentary · Crime · History
- Country: USA · Czechia
- Runtime: 79 min
In 1899, the murder of a young woman named Anežka Hrůzová in the city of Polná sparked a bloody slander that entered history as the Hilsner affair and was connected to the greatest manifestations of antisemitism on Czech territory during the 19th century. New evidence points to the actual perpetrator, but Czech courts refuse to clear the name of the Jewish youth Leopold Hilsner, who was unjustly accused of the murder.
- Director: Bryan Felber
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About
Jaroslav Róna is a Czech sculptor whose works appear in public spaces and galleries across the country. He is best known for his bronze statue of Franz Kafka in Prague (2003). His sculpture draws on figurative tradition and literary or mythological themes.
Jan Prchal is a Czech historian, writer, and publisher from Polná, long focused on the history of the Polná region. He ran the Linda Polná publishing house and produced a range of local publications, including contributions to the centenary of the Hilsner affair. He appears as a key figure in the documentary The Futur…
Jaroslav V. Mareš is a Czech journalist, researcher, and writer who studied journalism and library science in Prague. He worked at Czech Television and Prima TV, and now runs the investigative website and YouTube channel Badatele.net. For the Hilsner case he did the core archival legwork - uncovering documents that po…
Pavel Štingl is a Czech documentary director and producer born in 1960 in Prague. He studied documentary filmmaking at FAMU and has made over a hundred films, many of them focused on political conflicts, the Holocaust, and personal stories from the margins of history. His credits include Ghetto Named Baluty and The St…
Bryan Felber is an American documentary filmmaker based in Los Angeles, trained at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and at FAMU in Prague. His debut feature, The Future Shapes the Past, centers on the 1899 Hilsner affair and the still-unresolved effort to exonerate Leopold Hilsner. The film premiered in Polná in Novembe…
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