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Release Date:
July 12, 2012
Original Title:
Polski film
Genres:
Comedy | Drama
Production Companies:
Negativ
Off Production
Česká televize
Production Countries:
Czech Republic | Poland
Ratings / Certifications:
CZ: 18+
Runtime: 113
“The fact that I’m playing myself doesn’t mean that it’s me.” Four old schoolmates, today well-known Czech actors (Pavel Liška, Tomáš Matonoha, Josef Polášek and Marek Daniel), decide to make a movie together. Their ambitious colleague Jan Budař takes up directing duties and financing has arrived from Poland. What started out pleasantly enough, however, soon goes awry. Liška’s pronunciation difficulties, Daniel’s alter ego Havlát, and Matonoha’s financial machinations turn the shoot into a fight for survival. More than just a film about friendship and the absurdity of actors’ lives, director Marek Najbrt gives us a witty meditation on reality and illusion, and a unique take on the reality film genre. One of Pavel Liška’s on-set comments (“I didn’t know if I should act as if I were acting, or act as if I weren’t acting, or just not act at all”) illustrates the provocative nature of Najbrt’s subversive, quasi-documentary game.
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Camera Operator:
Jan Baset Střítežský
Co-Producer:
Jaroslav Kučera
Costume Design:
Andrea Králová
Director:
Marek Najbrt
Director of Photography:
Miloslav Holman
Dramaturgy:
Kristián Suda
Editor:
Pavel Hrdlička
Executive Producer:
Marta Dudáková
First Assistant Director:
Lukáš Viznar
Eliza Kowalewska
Graphic Designer:
Aleš Najbrt
Martin Vácha
Zuzana Lednická
Makeup & Hair:
Agnieszka Wasiak
Music:
Midi Lidi
Producer:
Milan Kuchynka
Grzegorz Madej
Production Manager:
Mariusz Kaleta
Luděk Valchář
Screenplay:
Benjamin Tuček
Robert Geisler
Marek Najbrt
Set Designer:
Lucie Fejková
Sound:
Marek Hart
Tomáš Zůbek
Jakub Čech
Stunts:
Stanisław Madej
Sławomir Chełstowski
Piotr Doryń
Visual Effects Supervisor:
Boris Masník
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