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Masaryk at Berlinale Special section
Julius Ševčík's feature film A Prominent Patient (orig. MASARYK) with Czech actor Karel Roden as the main lead Jan Masaryk was selected for the section Berlinale Special.
| A Prominent Patient / Masaryk | |||
| CZ, SK / 2016 / 114 min. / fiction | |||
| Director: | Julius Ševčík | ||
| Screenplay: | Petr Kolečko, Alex Königsmark, Julius Ševčík | ||
| DOP: | Martin Štrba | ||
| Cast: | Karel Roden, Oldřich Kaiser, Hanns Zischler, Arly Jover, Emília Vášáryová | ||
| Producer: | Rudolf Biermann (CZ, SK) | ||
| Production: | IN Film Praha (CZ), Rudolf Biermann (SK), Česká Televize (CZ), Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska (SK), ZDF/ARTE (DE) | ||
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Winter 1939. Flamboyant Czech diplomat Jan Masaryk has fled to America to escape his recent past. Germany has invaded Czechoslovakia and Masaryk is now a man without a nation. In America, he tries to forget the personal and political betrayals he and his country have suffered – but these events shadow his every step. Having served as the Czechoslovak ambassador in London, Masaryk had failed to win the support of the British and could not avert the ruination of his country. With the help of Dr. Stein, a German immigrant and psychiatrist, and the beautiful writer Marcia Davenport, Masaryk tries to overcome his demons and relives the dramatic events leading up to the outbreak of the Second World War. |
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Producer (contact): |
IN Film Praha |
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Sales: |
IN Film |
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| Festivals: |
Beta Cinema |
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Screenings: |
FEB 11 / 15:30 / CinemaxX 10 / EFM – BUYERS ONLY |
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| Filmography: |
Julius Ševčík (1978) 2017: Masaryk 2009: Normal 2005: Restart |
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| Supported by: |
Audiovizuálny fond, Státní fond kinematografie (od 2014), Magistrát hlavního města Prahy, mesto Bratislava, Ministerstvo kultúry SR | |
| Web: | www.infilm.cz/cs/filmy/masaryk.html | |
More info: www.berlinale.de
AIC database: http://www.aic.sk/slovak-films/17748.html
Presskit for download
Interview with Rudolf Biermann, producer of the film
Related AIC articles:
A Prominent Patient by Julius Ševčík in Berlinale Special
Slovak Cinema at Berlinale 2016
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updated: 24.02.2017