Jednotka intenzivního života
Intensive Life Unit
Even though doctors Ondřej and Kateřina look after their patients to
the best of their ability, they can’t prevent their death. As heads of palliative care at Prague’s General University Hospital
they face the inevitability of the end on a daily basis. Yet what perhaps makes their job harder is the myriad options now
open to them to prolong human life – and this at a time when death has become a social taboo. Betraying her special brand
of empathy, documentarist Adéla Komrzý demonstrates that, while there’s no good or bad way to die, there’s always a means
to improve patients’ quality of life. (Karlovy Vary IFF)
Films - Selection
Jednotka intenzivního života (Intensive Life Unit, 2021, doc) - Viva Video, Video Viva (2018, doc) - Výchova k válce (Teaching War, 2016, doc)
Jednotka intenzivního života (Intensive Life Unit, 2021, doc) - Viva Video, Video Viva (2018, doc) - Výchova k válce (Teaching War, 2016, doc)
Arbeitswelten | Working Worlds 2022
Adéla Komrzý
Czech Republic 2021
color
73
minutes
Czech
OV with English subtitles
Screenings / Tickets
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Cinematography
Prokop Souček
Editing Mariana
Kozáková
Sound/Sounddesign Michaela Patríková, Daniela
Vaníčková
Music Marek Mrkvička
With Kateřina Rusinová, Ondřej Kopecký
Producer(s) Pavla Janoušková Kubečková, Tomáš Hrubý
Production
Nutprodukce, Czech Television, FAMU, UPP
World Sales
Nutprodukce
Austrian Premiere
World Premiere
Karlovy Vary International
Film Festival 2021