The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider (2008) [N/A]

Release Date:
March 13, 2008

Original Title:
Smutek paní Šnajderové

Alternate Titles:
Die Trauer der Frau Schneider
Smutek paní Snajdrové
The Sadness of Mrs. Snajdrova
Trishtimi i zonjës Shnajder

Genres:
Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
Studio Fáma 92

Production Countries:
Albania | Czech Republic

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 104

It is 1961 and an Albanian student (Nik Xhelilaj) of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, together with a group of Czech students, is shooting his graduate movie on a motorcycle factory, in the small market-town of Český Šternberk, in then Czechoslovakia. Coming from a country that is completely isolated from the rest of Europe, he is fascinated by the lifestyle, society and "erotic exuberance" of the Czech golden youth, yet feeling strong links with his family in his homeland. He falls in love with a married woman (Anna Geislerová), the wife of a police superintendent (Paolo Buglioni) and is insecure about his future.

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Art Direction:
David Baxa

Cinematography:
Afrim Spahiu

Co-Producer:
Jana Tomsová

Costume Design:
Marta Ostenová

Director:
Piro Milkani

Director of Photography:
Miro Gábor

Editor:
Eno Milkani

Makeup Artist:
Bujar Gjashta
Květa Holasová

Music:
Milan Kymlička

Producer:
Piro Milkani

Sound:
Tomáš Bělohradský

Sound Editor:
Lukas Chyska

Special Effects:
Boris Masník
Lukáš Kosek
Jirí Sabata

Story:
Piro Milkani
Radek Sofr

Supervising Sound Editor:
Ivo Heger

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