She Sat in a Glass House Throwing Stones

Documentary · 1992

A portrait of the poet Jana Černá, daughter of Franz Kafka's lover Milena Jesenská. Behind the bright facade on contemporary Prague, with its travel agencies and McDonalds, there is a tunnel leading to the world behind the postcards. Here, Jana's friends, Prague freaks, poets and philosophers, tell of this exceptional, passionate woman. With the surreal humour of Prague and with a little nostalgia they recall Jana Černá's excesses, her inability to follow rules, and her magnificent lies...

Starring

Herbert Prasch, Eliška Štíbrová, Zdeněk Merta, Bernd Neuburger, Bernd Neuburger

Director

Bernd Neuburger

Producer

Bernd Neuburger