Directed by:
Agnieszka HollandScreenplay:
Marek EpsteinCinematography:
Martin ŠtrbaComposer:
Antoni Komasa-LazarkiewiczCast:
Ivan Trojan, Josef Trojan, Juraj Loj, Jaroslava Pokorná, Jiří Černý, Miroslav Hanuš, Ladislav Kolář, Martin Sitta, Jan Vlasák, Barbora Milotová (more)Plots(1)
Jan Mikolášek is the epitome of aplomb and solidarity. He is talented, sensitive, assertive and enigmatic. In his youth and when he is older, regardless of whether he is in private or public, he is a man of action, reason and intuition. A faith healer. Just one glance at the urine bottle is enough for him to know what ails his patient. With fame comes fortune, and this at a time when Czechoslovakia is a pawn in a game being played by the major power blocs. Protected and used by both the National Socialist and Communist regimes, he steps in wherever the system fails. But during the post-Stalinist years, the political climate becomes unpredictable and his special status is endangered. Along with his assistant František, with whom, as the secret police are well aware, he has much more in common than herbal medicine, the charlatan finds his morals being put to the test. Based on the life of Jan Mikolášek (1889–1973), and with a screenplay by Marek Epstein, Agnieszka Holland once again explores the link between the private and the political, and the relationship between the passage of time and the story of an unconventional individual. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
![Melika Yildiz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/015/167015376_b0a0ab.jpg)
Melika Yildiz
Czech Republic
Best movies:
The Defender (2021) (series)
Charlatan (2020)
Lenka Svadbíková-Veliká
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Maškaráda čili Fantom Opery (2009) (theatrical recording)
Faidra (2008) (theatrical recording)
Naši furianti (2011) (theatrical recording)
![František Trojan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/082/167082059_107512.jpg)
František Trojan
Czech Republic
Best movies:
Charlatan (2020)
The Price of Happiness (2019)
![Éva Bandor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/070/165070802_3c0e02.png)
Éva Bandor
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Glass Tiger 3 (2010)
The Teacher (2016)
Charlatan (2020)
![Igor Bareš](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/188/164188644_23d840.jpg)
Igor Bareš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Periferie (2017) (theatrical recording)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Stromy umírají vstoje (1998) (TV movie)
![Tomáš Jeřábek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/806/164806130_464cb3.jpg)
Tomáš Jeřábek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Dechovka (2016) (theatrical recording)
Vosto5: Pérák (2020) (theatrical recording)
Filip Brouk
Best movies:
The Last Race (2022)
Charlatan (2020)
Vyšehrad: Fylm (2022)
![Marek Epstein](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792693_f7a6f2.jpg)
Marek Epstein
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Charlatan (2020)
![Natálie Drabiščáková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/428/164428586_b5548f.jpg)
Natálie Drabiščáková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Defender (2021) (series)
Suspicion (2022) (series)
Empties (2007)
![Joachim Paul Assböck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/909/159909700_551e46.jpg)
Joachim Paul Assböck
West Germany
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
The Pianist (2002)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
![Jana Kvantiková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/776/168776462_1b6z3a.jpg)
Jana Kvantiková
Slovakia
Best movies:
Jozef Mak (2021) (TV movie)
Charlatan (2020)
The Ballad of Piargy (2022)
![Jana Oľhová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279133_e8f937.jpg)
Jana Oľhová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kukura (2014) (theatrical recording)
Želary (2003)
Zločin a trest (2015) (theatrical recording)
Pavel Svatoň
Best movies:
Charlatan (2020)
![Bernhard Schütz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/478/158478861_e82f3d.jpg)
Bernhard Schütz
West Germany
Best movies:
The Billion Dollar Code (2021) (series)
Stopped on Track (2011)
Sense8 (2015) (series)
![Claudia Vašeková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/193/161193950_4fc376.jpg)
Claudia Vašeková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Burning Bush (2013) (TV movie)
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
Pacho, the Thief of Hybe (1975)
Miroslav Maršálek
Best movies:
Charlatan (2020)
Cesta do Vídně a zpátky (2007) (TV movie)
Her Body (2023)
![Jan Novotný](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275158_0363d0.jpg)
Jan Novotný
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sluha dvou pánů (2000) (theatrical recording)
Sluha dvou pánů (2010) (theatrical recording)
Král Lear (2003) (theatrical recording)
![Václav Kopta](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/188/164188636_8f4124.jpg)
Václav Kopta
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Snowdrops and Aces (1982)
Identity Card (2010)
Koncert pro Martu (2022) (concert) - moderator
![Jiří Rendl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/107/166107139_0527ab.jpg)
Jiří Rendl
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Waltzing Matilda (2023)
Zátopek (2021)
Aleš Týbl
Best movies:
Charlatan (2020)
Smart Philip (2003)