Můj strýc Odysseus - CDmp3

Cunning and industrious Josef Frajvald begins his private 'Odyssey' back in the days of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, when he decides to enhance the inherited funeral home in an unprecedented way... Directed and dramatized by Jan Jiráň. Starring: Václav Postránecký, Jaroslav Plesl, Kamil Halbich, Lucie Juřičková, Simona Vrbická, Jaromír Meduna, Miroslav Táborský, Jiří Lábus, Jan Vlasák, Naďa Konvalinková, Tereza Bebarová, Arnošt Goldflam, and others. A place of honor in the colorful gallery of famous Czech 'literary relatives' belongs alongside Uncle Pepin from Bohumil Hrabal's works or Father Leo Popper from Ota Pavel's novels and stories to the quirky Josef Frajvald from Jiří Marek's (1914-1994) novel My Uncle Odysseus. The author of the popular crime triptych Panoptikum of Old Criminal Stories, Panoptikum of Sinful People, and Panoptikum of Prague City (also known from film and television adaptations) returns in his travesty of Homer's epic to Vienna in the last years of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy and to first-republic Prague. The titular hero abandons his planned career as a veterinarian and plunges into the business of funeral services. He experiences a series of adventures, including personal romantic escapades, and creatively utilizes the first...