- Country: Czech Republic, USA
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1999-05-27
- Director: Vojtech Jasný
- Writers: Vojtech Jasný
- Language: English | Czech
- Stars: Vladimír Pucholt , Ingrid Timková , Adam Davidson , Jakub Laurych , Emília Vásáryová , Vlastimil Brodský , Ondrej Vetchý , Jana Brejchová , Jirí Sovák , Radoslav Brzobohatý
- Runtime: 116 min
- Awards: 1 nomination
- AKA: Návrat ztraceného ráje , Return to Paradise Lost (United States of America) , Powrót utraconego raju (Poland) , Which Side Eden , Návrat ztraceného ráje (Czech Republic)
- Plot: I recently returned from Prague where I saw this Czech/US production. The film combines the return to the Czech Republic of a film-maker who left for political reasons a generation ago with the love story of his American assistant and the daughter of an old friend. Parts spoken in Czech are subtitled in English and vice versa. The political aspects are unusually sophisticated, nuanced and balanced and the romance is believable and compelling. The acting is good and the romantic leads very attractive. The writer/director clearly loves New York City and parts of the film are almost a love poem to the City itself. Adam Davidson, who plays the romantic lead, is an American whom I have never seen on film before, but who clearly has a bright future. Highly recommended.
- IMDB:tt0166283
Return to Paradise Lost Cast · · · ALL
Vojtech Jasný
Director
Vladimír Pucholt
Jan Poutník
Ingrid Timková
Pampeliška
Adam Davidson
Adam
Emília Vásáryová
Mayoress
Vlastimil Brodský
Ocenás
Ondrej Vetchý
Svanda
Jana Brejchová
Dana
Jirí Sovák
Strejcek
Radoslav Brzobohatý
Frantisek
Jakub Laurych
Joska
Lubomír Lipský
Karel Rada
David Matásek
Tichoslápek
Josef Abrhám
Father
Libuse Safránková
Mother
Lenka Skornícková
Svandová
Jirí Tomek
Ludek Eliás
Pavel Skrípal
Jan Vondrácek
Drahomíra Hofmanová
Jaromír Komárek
Photographer
Angelo Todaro
Camera thief
Vera Galatíková
Frantisek's Widow