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Last broadcast on Sat, 4 Jul 2009, 14:30 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
Dramatisation by Gregory Norminton of the last novel written by Bruce Chatwin.
A British academic travels to 1960s Prague to research the art collection of Rudolf II and meets the eccentric and dogged porcelain collector, Kaspar Joachim Utz. From this encounter an extraordinary story of obsession and survival emerges. For years, Utz has protected his vast collection of Meissen figurines from Nazis, Stalinist ideologues and the demands of communist museum curators.
Utz/Janitor ...... Jack Klaff
Marta ...... Pam Ferris
Dr Orlik/Curator ...... Sam Kelly
Narrator ...... Daniel Weyman
Oxford Don/Man/Head Waiter ...... Gregory Norminton
Elena/Teresa Kryl ...... Michaela Stonisova
Ana/Photographer ...... Dolya Gavanski
Directed by Marilyn Imrie
A Corporation For Independent Media production for BBC Radio 4.
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Sat 4 Jul 200914:30
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