Andel páne (2005)

A screwup angel is exiled from the Heaven down to Earth, incarnated as a beggar.

Director:

Jirí Strach

Writer:

Lucie Konásová

Stars:

Ivan Trojan, Jirí Dvorák, Zuzana Kajnarová

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ivan Trojan	...	Petronel
Jirí Dvorák	...	Uriah
Zuzana Kajnarová	...	Dorotka
David Svehlík	...	Count
Oldrich Navrátil	...	Custodian
Zuzana Stivínová	...	Francka
Josef Somr	...	Reeve
Jana Stepánková	...	Róza
Oldrich Vlach	...	Josef
Martin Zahálka	...	Beadle #1
Otmar Brancuzský	...	Beadle #2
Jirí Bartoska	...	God
Klára Issová	...	Virgin Mary
Jakub Konás	...	Baby Jesus
Gabriela Osvaldová	...	Archangel Gabriel

Storyline

A screwup angel is exiled from the Heaven down to Earth, incarnated as a beggar.

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy

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Details

Official Sites:

Ceska televize [cz]

Country:

Czech Republic

Language:

Czech

Release Date:

3 November 2005 (Czech Republic)

Filming Locations:

Kasperk Castle, Czech Republic

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ceská Televize, Hoo Doo Production s.r.o, Universal Production Partners (UPP)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Excellent score for bad TV movie

The main problem of this film is that it has been initially made for TV only and wasn't intended for the big screen - and this shows terribly. What could have been an average TV movie has now the looks of a sloppy mess : the design, the effects, everything looks way too poor for a story taking place in Heaven and on a castle. The script is way too talkative - everything is said rather than showed (personnaly, I believe very strongly in the emotional and narrative power of images in movie-making, as a good example, I would quote Terrence Malick's last two films). The acting was under the average : the actors didn't seem to understand, and even less to believe in what they were saying. The camera was rather good, but waisted on a way too conventional directing. The only good thing about it is that this is the first Czech film after the fall of communism that deals with a Christian subject in a way that does not look like propaganda (neither for nor against Christianity) - which is rather pleasing but not enough to make it a good film. And then...

... the film has an extraordinary score by composer Milos Bok - which is why I am bothering to leave this comment. The music is just wonderful : strong, beautifully written - it sounds like a modern Wagner, complex and yet directly understandable to all. I have bought the soundtrack (which is for sale on the Internet) which made me realize something else : the music tells the story much better than the film itself, and as such, even the score damages the film, because it gives you a vivid feeling about how the original material could have led to a nice film, were it handled by more gifted people. Which leads me to the conclusion : it does not mater how much money you have, the thing is to believe in what you are doing - and having a little care for professionality (which include thinking about how to do things the best appropriate way).