Controversial politician Jiří Čunek to be subject of feature film

There are plans to make a feature film about the controversial Christian Democrats leader and deputy prime minister Jiří Čunek. The movie will be directed by Robert Sedláček, who is best known for the 2006 picture Rules of Lies. While the lead role has yet to be filled, the director told the idnes.cz website that the part of Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg would be played by the Slovak actor and director Martin Huba. Minister Schwarzenberg had at one point seemed ready to quit the cabinet if Mr Čunek remained in government. The latter has been the subject of financial scandals and also made headlines over evidently racist comments he made about the Czech Republic’s Roma minority.

Author: Ian Willoughby