How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions
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| Czech | Jak básníci přicházejí o iluze |
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| Directed by | Dušan Klein |
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| Cinematography | Josef Vaniš |
| Edited by | Jiří Brožek |
| Music by | Zdeněk Marat |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
| Language | Czech |
How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions (Czech: Jak básníci přicházejí o iluze) is a 1985 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Dušan Klein and written by Klein, together with Ladislav Pecháček. The second in the "Poets hexalogy", the title is preceded by How the World Is Losing Poets (1982) and followed by How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives (1988), Konec básníků v Čechách (1993), Jak básníci neztrácejí naději (2004), and Jak básníci čekají na zázrak (2016). The film stars Pavel Kříž and David Matásek, and focuses on the young poet Štěpán Šafránek as he studies to become a doctor in Prague.