Mejla Hlavsa

Milan "Mejla" Hlavsa was the founder, chief songwriter, and original bassist of the Czech band Plastic People of the Universe, which was part of the inspiration for the anti-establishment movement Charter 77.

The Stock-Check (1981)

Czech semi-documentary.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomas Liska
CAST:  Vratislav Brabenec  •  Václav Havel  •  Mejla Hlavsa  •  Ivan Martin Jirous

Czech semi-documentary.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tomas Liska
CAST:  Vratislav Brabenec  •  Václav Havel  •  Mejla Hlavsa  •  Ivan Martin Jirous

Válka barev (1995)

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DIRECTION:  Filip Renč
CAST:  Lukáš Vaculík  •  Anna Geislerová  •  Tomáš Hanák  •  Pavel Landovský

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DIRECTION:  Filip Renč
CAST:  Lukáš Vaculík  •  Anna Geislerová  •  Tomáš Hanák  •  Pavel Landovský

Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy) (2000)

A labyrinthine portrait of Czech culture on the brink of a new millennium. Egon Bondy prophesies a capitalist inferno, Jim Čert admits to collaborating with the secret police, Jaroslav Foglar can’t find a bottle-opener, and Ivan Diviš makes observations about his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Vachek
CAST:  Václav Havel  •  Mejla Hlavsa  •  Jan Klusák  •  Jiří Krejčík

A labyrinthine portrait of Czech culture on the brink of a new millennium. Egon Bondy prophesies a capitalist inferno, Jim Čert admits to collaborating with the secret police, Jaroslav Foglar can’t find a bottle-opener, and Ivan Diviš makes observations about his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Vachek
CAST:  Václav Havel  •  Mejla Hlavsa  •  Jan Klusák  •  Jiří Krejčík

The Plastic People of the Universe (2001)

Meet The Plastic People of the Universe, the avant-garde, jazz-rock, Sun Ra meets Velvet Underground, Czech revolutionaries. A tribute to the band that against all odds used the power of their music to help topple their oppressive government.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jana Chytilová
CAST:  Mejla Hlavsa  •  Vratislav Brabenec  •  Josef Janíček  •  Jiří Kabeš

Meet The Plastic People of the Universe, the avant-garde, jazz-rock, Sun Ra meets Velvet Underground, Czech revolutionaries. A tribute to the band that against all odds used the power of their music to help topple their oppressive government.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jana Chytilová
CAST:  Mejla Hlavsa  •  Vratislav Brabenec  •  Josef Janíček  •  Jiří Kabeš