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Code Name: Ruby (1996)
Directed by Jan Němec
Overview
This controversial feature blends documentary, archival footage and fiction into an elliptical narrative in which two young people in Prague, an ancient seat for the practice of alchemy, follow the trail for the mystical philosopher’s stone. History and future blend as brilliant montage sequences and fanciful leaps of the imagination work to posit questions about the legacy of the past and how it influences the individual’s personal freedom and responsibility.
Length 80 minutes
Actors
Lucie Rejchrtová | Jan Potměšil | Čestmír Řanda ml. | David Nykl | Miloslav Stehlík | Ladislav Němec | Martin Učík | Jaroslav Tomsa