This existential drama about the dis-
illusionment of a Communist military
officer was based on a novel by Jifií
Kfienek that had in the sixties paradox-
ically received an award in a military
literary c...展开ontest held. Lieutenant Arno‰t
is at his wits end in both his personal
and professional lives. He searches for
a way out though memories and day-
dreaming and in the end, suicide.
After being banned for this her di-
rectorial debut, the director Draho-
míra Vihanová (b. 1930) was only
able to make her second feature-
length film in 1994. She did however
enrich Czech cinematography with a
series of remarkable documentary
films including the documentary Me-
tamorphosis of My Girlfriend Eva
about the controversial jazz singer
Eva Olmerová. In her most recent film
The Pilgrimage of Students Peter and
Jacob (2000), she examines coexist-
ence between the majority community
and the Romany minority.