Follow Me (1989)
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Follow Me takes place just after the Russian suppression of Czechoslovakian freedom of expression in the spring of 1968. Pavel Landovsky plays a liberal philosophy professor who continues teaching forbidden classes in his apartment. When things get too hot for him in Prague, the professor decides to head for Western Europe. Alas, he is detained indefinitely at a German airport, where he takes a job as baggage handler in order to survive. While in these reduced circumstances, the professor befriends several other political exiles, whose individual stories are related for our benefit. Follow Me was the second directorial effort of Maria (Lieber Karl) Knilli, who co-wrote the perceptive screenplay with Vera Has. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Pavel Landovsky, Marina Vlady, (more)
- Director(s):
- Maria Knilli
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Synopsis of Follow Me
Follow Me takes place just after the Russian suppression of Czechoslovakian freedom of expression in the spring of 1968. Pavel Landovsky plays a liberal philosophy professor who continues teaching forbidden classes in his apartment. When things get too hot for him in Prague, the professor decides to head for Western Europe. Alas, he is detained indefinitely at a German airport, where he takes a job as baggage handler in order to survive. While in these reduced circumstances, the professor befriends several other political exiles, whose individual stories are related for our benefit. Follow Me was the second directorial effort of Maria (Lieber Karl) Knilli, who co-wrote the perceptive screenplay with Vera Has. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Follow Me
- Pavel Landovsky - Pavel Navratil
- Katharina Thalbach - Judity
- Ulrich Reinthaller - Milos
- Sylvia Langova
- Renata Olarova
- Marina Vlady - Ljuba
- Rudolf Wossley - Barber
- Mark Zak - Soldier
- Hana-Maria Pravda
- Hans Jacob - Violinist
- Director(s):
- Maria Knilli
- Writer(s):
- Vera Has, Maria Knilli
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