Calls with TGM

Reading from an extensive book of interviews with T. G. Masaryk recorded in the years 1928-1936 by the Czech prose writer, playwright and translator Karel Čapek. Collected edition of Čapek' s Conversations with T. G. M. It was born from nine years of questioning, thinking, remembering, and telling. The story from childhood, through studies, scientific and political activities, to his election as president forms the axis of the first two parts of the book. The third part interprets the noetic, religious and political principles of Masaryk' s humanism. The highly regarded work of writer Karel Čapek (1890-1938) was written between 1928 and 1936 based on interviews with the first Czechoslovak president, T. G. Masaryk (1850-1937). The file tells the story of the president' s life from childhood to his entry into high politics. We will learn about his worldview, his ideals of democracy and humanism, and his political, religious, and philosophical views. It reads: Otakar Brousek st. Filmed in 1990.