Directed by:
Jan KrausScreenplay:
Jan KrausCinematography:
Diviš MarekComposer:
David KrausCast:
Otmar Brancuzský, Vlastimil Brabec, Ivo Hýbl, Norbert Lichý, Martin Učík, Petr Křiváček, Ludvík Baloun, Miroslav Cipra, Břetislav Farský, Kateřina Herianová (more)Plots(1)
The film's mosaic of stories employs concrete, authentic details to recreate events that took place in a certain small town between 1989 and 1995. The strange reality of the Czech's recent past is the focus: newly arrived freedom worked its magic and confusion on a population wholly unprepared for it. The film peers into the microcosm of life in this small regional center where Communism has just ended. It vividly portrays the hurdles the unexpected advent of freedom found in its way. People were suddenly asked to cope with freedom in the same way they had dealt with decades of totalitarianism: those who had taken the greatest advantage of it then ended up doing so now. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Otmar Brancuzský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Kolya (1996)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Vlastimil Brabec
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
I Served the King of England (2006)
Městečko (2003)
Ivo Hýbl
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Městečko (2003)
Norbert Lichý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sluha dvou pánů (1999) (theatrical recording)
In the Shadow (2012)
Rédl (2018) (series)
Martin Učík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Casino Royale (2006)
Czech Century (2013) (series)
Petr Křiváček
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
In nomine Patris (2004) (TV movie)
A Hoof Here, a Hoof There (1988)
Ninety Degrees in the Shade (1965)
Ludvík Baloun
Best movies:
In nomine Patris (2004) (TV movie)
Městečko (2003)
Miroslav Cipra
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Der Zürich-Krimi (2016) (series)
Brak (2002)
Městečko (2003)
Břetislav Farský
Best movies:
Mandragora (1997)
Falešné obvinění (2003) (TV movie)
The Rafters (2006)
Kateřina Herianová
Best movies:
Prague Stories (1999)
Městečko (2003)
Primetime Murder (2000)
Jaromír Nosek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Stavrogin je ďábel (2005) (theatrical recording)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Czech Century (2013) (series)
Zdeněk Hess
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1998)
Divine Ema (1979)
Návštěva staré dámy (1999) (TV movie)
Daniela Hořejší
Best movies:
Městečko (2003)
Jan Hraběta
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Dlouhý, Široký a Krátkozraký (1987) (theatrical recording)
Dlouhý, široký a krátkozraký (2006) (theatrical recording)
Akt (1997) (theatrical recording)
Oldřich Hrůza
Best movies:
Autumn Spring (2001)
In nomine Patris (2004) (TV movie)
Oběti (1999) (series)
Jaroslava Pokorná
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Maškaráda čili Fantom Opery (2009) (theatrical recording)
Soudné sestry (2007) (theatrical recording)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Vladimír Kulhavý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Burning Bush (2013) (TV movie)
Casino Royale (2006)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
Vlastimil Přáda
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Autumn Spring (2001)
Pilát Pontský, onoho dne (1991) (TV movie)
Eva Šlossárová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lady Macbeth von Mzensk (1992)
Městečko (2003)
Rapid Eye Movement (1998)