Theatre Svoboda

"Darkness is my raw material. Just as the sculptor needs his clay, the carver needs his wood; I carve my theatre out of darkness." Josef Svoboda

I grew up in the home of a man who was a brilliant stage designer, yet also my grandfather to whom I did not talk much. I was twenty-five when he died and I knew very little about him. I decided to explore the darkness and the emptiness and to search for some of the things that outlive us." Jakub Hejna

The only Czech documentary dealing with Josef Svoboda's life and work in a comprehensive and profound manner as well as the only film to incorporate archive materials related to Svoboda's work and private life that have never been published.