Swing Times

In development Latest update: 12 April 2023

Swing Times
V rytmu swingu buší srdce mé

Czech Republic, Slovakia, Canada, Germany / 110 min / English
Fiction / Second film

In development Latest update: 12 April 2023

Swing Times
V rytmu swingu buší srdce mé

Czech Republic, Slovakia, Canada, Germany / 110 min / English
Fiction / Second film

My heart beats to the rhythm of swing.

Based on the true story of the phenomenal Czech jazz pianist and composer Jiří “George" Traxler. The story of passion for jazz and a femme fatale intertwined with the absurdity and cruelty of fascism and communism which dominated Czechoslovakia during and after WW2. The film is set mostly in Prague, starting in 1939 and ending in 1950, when George, at the age of 38, emigrates to Canada, after 11 years of swing and secrecy, love and hate, trust and betrayal, fear and freedom.

Costumes / Ján Kocman    Local distributor / Bontonfilm    Set designer / Milan Býček    Writer / Martin Vačkář , Ondřej Havelka , Jacob Potashnik

Completion date / December 2025

More information

Czech Film Center
division of the Czech Film Fund promoting Czech cinema worldwide

Email: info@filmcenter.cz
 

 

Contact us