Martina Skála on working with Forman and Polanski – and dancing with horses

Name: Martina Skála on working with Forman and Polanski – and dancing with horses
Uploaded: 2025-05-09T11:24:30+00:00
Channel: Martin Hladík
Description: Writer and artist Martina Skála grew up in Prague’s picturesque Malá Strana district before leaving for France in the mid-1980s and eventually settling in California. Skála, who studied history and set design, has also had an unusually broad range of jobs, from acting as an advisor to the female leads on The Unbearable Lightness of

Photo: Agáta Nezbedová, Czech Radio

Writer and artist Martina Skála grew up in Prague’s picturesque Malá Strana district before leaving for France in the mid-1980s and eventually settling in California. Skála, who studied history and set design, has also had an unusually broad range of jobs, from acting as an advisor to the female leads on The Unbearable Lightness of Being to literally dancing with horses.

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Author: Ian Willoughby