His black and white photographs have always elicited emotion. Expressive, suggestive, unsettling messages about humanity and it’s darker side. Antonin Kratochvil (*1947, Lovosice) photographed tens of war conflicts, humanitarian catastrophes, but also celebrities. And he photographed them in the same way – like a social portrait. Four times a laureate of the World Press Photo award, one of the one hundred most influential figures of world photography according to the American Photo journal. Who is this man that creates art even in the fury of wars? We wanted to make a movie about him.

His work, motivation, way of seeing, selection of themes and original style reflect not only great talent, but also an extraordinary life. He once was the class black sheep, an immigrant, homeless, a criminal, a foreign legion soldier but also a globetrotter an