This document discusses the need to accurately portray history, particularly the painful facts of life during the Cold War era behind the Iron Curtain. The author takes issue with a film adaptation of a novel from that time period that focused more on erotic games and twisted historical facts rather than portraying the political victims and strict surveillance reality. The author wants to create a new motion picture that truthfully tells the life story of someone dear to them from that era to speak to the current political crisis, and is seeking an executive producer to help make the film.

1. The Fact of Life
MarieAnnaDvorak,Director/Writer
"There is history in all men's lives," stated William Shakespeare.
George Bernard Shaw expressed the same idea: "The man who
writes about himself and his own time is the only man who
writes about all people and all time." The logic of their
philosophyhascut through my thoughts when the Ukraine issue
occurred. It was something I had experienced more than four
decades ago, and which brought me to the realizationthat
historyis really repeating itself. And it must, for most of the
great acts were done by people due to the contradictionin
ideologiesor obsession for power and wealth. This is not just a
matter of yesterday and today, but also tomorrow.
Muchhas been said about WWII, but the Cold War era behind
the Iron Curtain seems to be forgotten. It was the time when
the wounds of Nazism were quicklyreplaced with psychological
torture and tyranny of Stalinism. After all, both of the regimes
promotedtotalitarianismand utilized mass violence. It was the
time when people were left to live their lives in quite
desperationin their fatherlandwhere defense or fair trial were
practicallynon-existent,andwhere even a suspicion for anti-
stateaction was reason for imprisonmentin hard-laborprison.

2. It is estimated that some 1.5 to 2 millionpeople had been
punishedin one way or another for politicalcrimes in a
country of 15 millionpopulation.Manyof the imprisoned did
not survive the psychologicalandphysicaltorture. Some were
executed, others preferred to commit suicide. But millions of
men and women were subjected to psychologicaltorture that
hadnever ceased as there was no defense. This method of
torture creates unbearablefear and often results in long-term
psychological effects.
One such life has served as a plot to a book written during
thattime by a noted writer. Although I price his work highly, I
found it hard to accept his casual style in such serious matter.
When I finallydid, a U.S. film adaptationof the book was
released. Only the dangling plot lines haveremained. Their
characterslived free lives behind the Iron Curtain upon their
arrivalfrom a western country. In reality, these people lived
under a strict secret police surveillance due to the suspicion
of espionage, which was the highest degree of criminal
offense. But the filmmakers were more interested in the
erotic games and they made it by humiliatingthe political
victims and twisted history facts. Some call the movie a
zombie-like. Since then, the novel writer no longer allows any
adaptationof his work. But those, who haven't experienced
the painfulfacts of life, have appreciatedthe erotic games.
The film has received 7 wins and 13 nominations.Two
AcademyAwards nominationsfor Best Writing and Best
Cinematography.Unbelievable.

3. As for me, I stand behind the statement of Sigmund Freud
who was once a native of the country I am speaking of: "Only
a good-for-nothing is not interested in his past." History
teaches us what man has done and thus what man is.
Therefore I find it necessary to return to the historicalfacts in
this time of the crucial politicalcrisis in a motion picture that
speaks the truth. It is the life of the same person the novel
wasbased on, someone very dear to me. The productionwill
be held in a major Europeanstudio and needs an executive
producer.
ForMore Information Contact:
Phillips International
http://phillipsinternational.weebly.com/dvorak-productions.html
MarieAnna Dvorak
dvorakproductions@gmail.com
SuePhillips
sfp1010@gmail.com