Jak básníci neztrácejí naději is a 2004 Czech comedy film directed by Dušan Klein and written by Klein with Ladislav Pecháček. The fifth installment in the "Poets hexalogy", the title is preceded by How the World Is Losing Poets (1982), How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions (1985), How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives (1988), and Konec básníků v Čechách (1993), and followed by Jak básníci čekají na zázrak (2016). The film stars Pavel Kříž, David Matásek, Michaela Badinková, and Tereza Brodská. The story focuses on Štěpán, now in his forties, and the tribulations he undergoes with work and love.