Timeless Stories - The Story of a Political Prisoner

Timeless Stories - The Story of a Political Prisoner, a part of the Embassy’s Film Club series, drew a somber crowd on September 13. Cultural Counselor Barbara Karpetová began the program with the story of the cruel and unforgettable, timeless story of the political prisoner in Miloš Forman's film Goya's Ghosts, followed by a screening of the film K. Ch. – The Documentary Portrait of a Female Political Prisoner, about Karla Charvatová who was raped while imprisoned due to her political, anti-Communist views in Czechoslovakia in 1948 and gave birth to a daughter. Special guests Tomáš Bouška and Jana Švehlová spoke about the political situation of that time in Czechoslovakia and an intense discussion concluded the event whereby others shared their stories of imprisonment and mistreatment.