Directed by:
Tereza NvotováCinematography:
Martin ŽiaranComposer:
Jonatán PastirčákCast:
Vladimír Mečiar, Tereza Nvotová, Milan Žitný, Fedor Flašík, Fedor Gál, Ladislav Snopko, Petr Pithart, Michael Kocáb, Tom Nicholson, Martin M. Šimečka (more)Plots(1)
The Lust for Power, an HBO Europe, PubRes and Negativ documentary made by the young director Tereza Nvotova (Take it Jeasy!), is the story of Slovak ex-politician Vladimir Meciar and the impact he's had on Slovak society and her own life. The story begins in 1989 when she's a one year old and the Velvet Revolution is about to bring down the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Following their victory, almost none of the revolutionary leaders want to occupy important government positions. They organize an open call for the position of Minister of Interior, and an unknown lawyer from a small town, Vladimir Meciar, vies for the job. He wins and proceeds to rise to the very top. While governing he becomes a benevolent dictator, ruling the country using tools of corruption, propaganda and organized crime. While events like the division of Czechoslovakia or the kidnapping of the President's son unfold, Tereza and her friends are playing children's games of politics casting Meciar in the lead role. The documentary The Lust for Power doesn't only cover one chapter in Slovak political history. It raises universal and very current questions, because Meciar-like political archetypes keep popping up all over the world. Are we ever going to find out, why we tend to put blind faith in authoritarian leaders? (HBO Europe)
(more)Cast
Vladimír Mečiar
Slovak state
Tereza Nvotová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Walking Too Fast (2009)
Bludičky (2010) (TV movie)
Priateľstvá padajúceho lístia (1998) (TV movie)
Milan Žitný
Czechoslovakia
Fedor Flašík
Czechoslovakia
Fedor Gál
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Ladislav Snopko
Czechoslovakia
Petr Pithart
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Michael Kocáb
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Martha et moi (1990)
Michael Kocáb 70 (2024) (concert)
Pražákům, těm je hej (1990)
Martin M. Šimečka
Czechoslovakia
Eugen Korda
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Na krásnom modrom Dunaji (1994)
Anna Šišková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Divided We Fall (2000)
Ženské oddelenie (1991) (TV movie)
Tolstoj a peniaze (2016) (theatrical recording)
Juraj Nvota
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Identity Card (2010)
Rose Tinted Dreams (1976)
Czech Century (2013) (series)
Dorota Nvotová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Muzika (2007)
Landscape (2000)
The Confidant (2011)
Gérard Depardieu (a.f.)
France
Best movies:
Jean de Florette (1986)
Two Men in Town (1973)
Shut Up! (2003)
Claudia Cardinale (a.f.)
Tunisia
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
History (1986) (TV movie)
Claudia Schiffer (a.f.)
West Germany
Best movies:
Love Actually (2003)
Zoolander (2001)
The Blackout (1997)
Milan Kňažko (a.f.)
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Rok na dedine (1967) (TV movie)
Picasso (2008) (theatrical recording)
Adolf Eichmann (1988) (TV movie)
Václav Havel (a.f.)
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nineties (2022) (series) - a.f.
Marta Kubišová 1990 (1990) (concert)
Largo desolato (1991) (theatrical recording) - narrator
Václav Klaus (a.f.)
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Nineties (2022) (series) - a.f.
President Blaník (2018)
Bestiarium (2007)