The 25th Chicago European Union Film Festival
23.02.2022 / 17:45 | Aktualizováno: 02.03.2022 / 21:26
As part of the jubilee 25th Chicago European Union Film Festival (CEUFF), which will take place from March 4 to 17 at the Gene Siskel Film Center, a new Czech film by director David Ondříček "Zátopek" will be screened. This year's CEUFF will present 19 interesting new films from 20 countries of the European Union.
The Czech film Zátopek will be screened at the festival on Sunday, March 13, 2020 at 1 p.m.
This year also marks the centenary of the birth of this excellent athlete.
„Victory is a great thing but friendship is even better“
Emil Zátopek (1922 – 2000)
His nickname was „Czech locomotive“. Eigthteen world records holder, Emil Zátopek, is famous especially for three gold medals he won at Olympic Games in Helsinki (5 km, 10 km and marathon). His success has never been repeated, and world athletics experts doubt it will ever be. Emil Zatopek´s grandiose success comes alive in the memories of his loved ones, his friends, and rivals. Ron Clarke, an Australian runner visited Zátopek in 1968. During their dialogue, we are transferred to the past, to the beginnings of Emil´s passion for running, his first success at the WCA in Berlin, his meeting with the javelin thrower Dana, his future wife, but we also learn about the increasing pressure of the communist regime.
More about festival here.
March--April Gazette at the Film Center (PDF, 2 MB)
Tickets to Zatopek movie here.
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