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So what makes The Last Bohemian interesting? It’s a study of the transformation of Hašek into his own literary hero. Through his character, Rašilov undergoes several distinct transformations from a bohemian writer who is unable to support his own child and pretends to be his mere uncle, but at the same time manages to entertain the entire hangout with his own singing repertoire, becoming a brilliant fabricator and circus performer... and then the obligation to enlist strikes. Rare is also the prominent role of Jan Richter, an actor from Burian's theater, and the beginnings of the delightful salon actress Trudy Grosslichtová, whose governess character forms an ideal bridge between Hašek the revolutionary and Hašek the bohemian - he needs some income after all - and is therefore able to accept from the position of the writer on the pavement a place in "better society," but one in which the head of the family is an old general wearing the face of Anna Švarcová, which would provoke everyone to revolution. (17.11.2014)