Emergency Situation
film project directed by Jiří Havelka
Emergency Situation (Czech: Mimořádná událost) is a 2022 Czech comedy film directed by Jiří Havelka. It is classified as a chamber tragicomedy. The plot takes place over the course of one day, and the initial idea of the screenwriter and director Havelka was brought about by a real event, when in February 2019, a train with passengers ran several kilometers without a driver on the Křižanov–Studenec railway line. The premiere date was February 3, 2022.
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