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I, Mattoni - Honeymoon in Vienna

Czech Films 2015–2016 2016 / Já, Mattoni - Vídeňské líbánky / Czech Republic 2016

Immediately after his wedding night Heinrich Mattoni sets off for Vienna, where there’s everything to play for. The young entrepreneur has to prove that he really is capable of turning water into gold… This epic drama is also the third episode in the television series “I, Mattoni” about the founder of the famous water bottling plant. After the screening, Marek Najbrt will hold a masterclass on the creation of this historical series (in Czech only).

Synopsis

In thirteen episodes Czech Television’s historical series focuses on the life of Heinrich Mattoni, founder of the world famous mineral water company. In the third part, “Honeymoon in Vienna,” young Mattoni (David Švehlík) sets out for Vienna on his very first business trip. There’s a lot to play for. Everything, in fact. He has to prove to his father and father-in-law, and also to himself, that he really is capable of turning water into gold… But how is he meant to break into such a different and complex world? This epic drama, which will be aired in the autumn, begins in the first half of the 19th century and ends in 1910, thus covering the legendary “happy world” period when the horrors of war were still far off and Heinrich Mattoni was struggling for success, both in his professional and private life. Boasting a prominent Czech cast, the series is set among Karlovy Vary’s colonnades and in the spa town of Kyselka. After the screening, Marek Najbrt will hold a masterclass (in Czech only) on the creation of this historical series.

Jan Škoda

About the film

56 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Marek Najbrt / Screenplay Petr Zikmund podle knihy Dravec, Mattoni / based on the book Dravec Mattoni (Mattoni, the Bird of Prey) by Bohuslav Machek, Marie Dolejší / Dir. of Photography Martin Štěpánek / Music Hynek Schneider / Editor Michal Hýka, Pavel Hrdlička / Art Director Jan Vlček, Andrea Králová / Producer Česká televize / Production Jan Lekeš / Coproduction Karlovarské minerální vody a.s. / Cast Alois Švehlík, David Švehlík, Taťjana Medvecká, Tatiana Vilhelmová, Anna Geislerová, Vladimír Kratina / Sales Czech Television - Telexport / Contact Czech Television, Festival Department

About the director

Marek Najbrt (b. 1969, Prague) graduated from Charles University’s Faculty of Social Sciences and from the documentary film department of Prague’s Film Academy. In 1991–1998 he wrote and directed a number of amateur and professional audiovisual projects, notably the multimedia productions Balconies (1994) and Seven Dreams Realized (1996-97), staged at Prague’s Archa Theatre. He now primarily directs films, the most prominent of which were the features awarded Czech Lions: Champions (2004), Protector (2009) and Polski Film (2012, screened in the main competition at Karlovy Vary). He is also working on the popular political sitcom “The Blaník Bureau” and the series “The World Below.”

Contacts

Czech Television - Telexport
Kavčí hory, 140 70, Praha 4
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 261 137 047
E-mail: [email protected]

Czech Television, Festival Department
Kavčí Hory, 140 70, Praha 4
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 261 137 438; +420 261 137 106
Fax: +420 261 211 354
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