Return to Adriaport

movie

Return to Adriaport

Director: Adéla Babanová

Year: 2013

Plot: Czechoslovakia was a landlocked country. During the communist regime, workers were receiving vouchers to spend their holidays in resorts in the mountains, etc. (This practice was started by the Nazis during their occupation of Czechoslovakia.) But there were no Czechoslovak resorts at the sea and the regime could not let their citizens travel to the sea because the people might find a way to escape to the West. So in 1975, Czech professor of economics Karel Zlábek designed a tunnel linking Czechoslovakia to the sea. The plan, relaying on approval by Yugoslavia, called for spoilage from the tunnel - which would have led beneath the territories of Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Yugoslav Slovenia - to be used to construct an artificial island in the Adriatic Sea, Adriaport. This fictional satirical documentary shows President Gustáv Husák speaking to Prof. Zlábek and visiting the island (Czechoslovak territory courtesy of Yugoslavia), as well as nostalgic visits by former beneficiaries of the seaside holidays - as long as they did not swim too far!
Original Title: Return to Adriaport
Director: Adéla Babanová
Producer: Markéta Salátová
Type: movie
Year: 2013
Genres: Short, Comedy
Cast: Tomás Petrík , Dalimil Klapka
Runtimes: 13
Countries: Czechia
Languages: Czech
Color Info: Color
Akas: Return to Adriaport (Czechia)
Distributors: Center for Documentary Film, Jihlava
Cinematographer: Jakub Halousek
Producer: Markéta Salátová
Sound Crew: Dzian Baban