Special Screenings 2021 / Zátopek / Czech Republic, Slovak Republic 2021
David Ondříček’s fascinating drama presents the life of the famous Czech endurance runner and Olympic champion Emil Zátopek, a man who, with impressive nonchalance, pushed the boundaries of human possibilities and took his place alongside other greats who transformed athletic competitions into unforgettable stories.
Autumn 1968. The Australian record holder Ron Clarke arrives in gray Prague. Seeking to overcome the greatest crisis of his career, he has come to get help from his old friend and role model Emil Zátopek, four-time Olympic gold medalist and the most famous Czech athlete of all time – a man who, with impressive nonchalance, pushed the boundaries of human possibilities and took his place alongside other greats who transformed athletic competitions into unforgettable stories. David Ondříček’s fascinating drama about the life of the famous Czech endurance runner – a feted celebrity trying to live a dignified existence in a politically complicated time and also husband of Olympic medalist Dana Zátopková – is as captivating on the field as it is off.
Karel Och
131 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director David Ondříček
/ Screenplay David Ondříček, Alice Nellis, Jan P. Muchow
/ Dir. of Photography Štěpán Kučera
/ Music Beata Hlavenková
/ Editor Jarosław Kamiński
/ Art Director Jan Vlasák
/ Producer Kryštof Mucha, David Ondříček
/ Production Lucky Man Films s.r.o.
/ Coproduction Česká televize, Olife Energy, Accolade, ALEF, innogy, T-Mobile, SEBRE, AZYL Production, Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska, Barrandov Studio a.s.
/ Cast Václav Neužil, Martha Issová, James Frecheville
/ Sales UTA Independent Film Group
/ Distributor Falcon a.s.
www: www.filmzatopek.cz
David Ondříček (1969, Prague). Selected filmography: Whisper (Šeptej, 1996), Loners (Samotáři, 2000), One Hand Can’t Clap (Jedna ruka netleská, 2003), In the Shadow (Ve stínu, 2012), Dukla 61 (2018, TV film), Zátopek (2021).
UTA Independent Film Group
9336 Civic Center Dr. Beverly Hills, , Los Angeles, CA
United States of America
E-mail: [email protected]
Falcon a.s.
Radlická 3185/1c, 150 00, Praha 5
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 224 422 222
E-mail: [email protected]
David Ondříček
Film Director, Producer
Václav Neužil
Actor
Martha Issová
Actress
James Frecheville
Actor
Robert Mikluš
Actor
Kryštof Mucha
Producer
Štěpán Kučera
Director of Photography
Jarosław Kamiński
Editor
Jan P. Muchow
Music Composer
Beata Hlavenková
Musician
Daria Špačková
Production Manager
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