Ear Prochzka Jan (2022)

This English-language paranoid thriller explores life under surveillance in Communist Czechoslovakia. Ludvk, a deputy minister in the Communist Party, enjoys the luxuries that political success provides, but must remain cautious because he knows the secret police have bugged his apartment. Written under the oppressive watch of the Soviet authorities in 1960s Czechoslovakia, this darkly comic and cinematic thriller addresses themes of surveillance and paranoia that remain relevant today. Author Jan Prochzka knew the gnawing terror of life in a surveillance state firsthand. A promising Party member who became persona non grata after the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia, he discovered that his own apartment contained no fewer than twelve hidden microphones.