The Prague Orgy is a movie directed by Irena Pavlásková in 2019 and based on the book of the same name by Philip Roth, first published in 1985. The movie features Jonas Chernick, Kseniya Rappoport, Pavel Kríz, Jirí Havelka, Klára Issová, Miroslav Táborský, and others.
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“The book is better than the movie”
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Storyline
In 1976 a famous American writer Nathan Zuckerman is challenged by Czech immigrant Sisovsky who implores him to retrieve valuable manuscripts from communist Czechoslovakia. The writer accepts this dangerous mission, where his every step is observed by secret police. Once in Prague, he meets Sisovsky‘s flamboyant and wild ex-wife Olga who is in possession of the manuscripts.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
2019
Minutes
103
Movie Rate
5.20
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Prague Orgy
Director: Irena Pavlásková
Country: Czech Republic
Year: 2019
Length: 1h43m
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Year
1985
Pages
86
Book Rate
6.90
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Book
The Prague Orgy
Author: Philip Roth
Country: USA
First published in: 1985
Length: 86 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Nathan Zuckerman
User polls & recommendations
“I love the book, but in order to transform it into a film, there are things you have to reinvent for it to work on screen.”
YORGOS LANTHIMOS (Filmmaker)
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