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Venkovský ucitel (2008) -- Petr (Pavel Liska) arrives in a country town to teach natural sciences at the local elementary school.

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7.3/10   216 votes
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Director:
Bohdan Sláma
Writer:
Bohdan Sláma (screenplay)
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Release Date:
27 March 2009 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama
Awards:
5 wins & 7 nominations more
User Comments:
Almost an excellent movie, but... more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Pavel Liska ... Teacher
Zuzana Bydzovská ... Marie
Ladislav Sedivý ... Boy
Marek Daniel ... Boyfriend
Tereza Vorísková ... Beruska
Cyril Drozda ... Headmaster
Marie Ludvíková ... Headmaster's wife
Zuzana Kronerová ... Mother
Miroslav Krobot ... Father
Zdena Kucerová ... Granny
Miloslav Vokatý ... Jozin
Jaroslav Vlcek ... Jarda
Frantisek Prosek ... Brother #1
Josef Prosek ... Brother #2
Anna Vladyková ... Landlady
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Country Teacher (France)
Der Dorflehrer (Germany)
The Country Teacher (International: English title) (festival title)
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Runtime:
Czech Republic:117 min | Canada:113 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | USA:103 min
Language:
Czech
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Company:
Negativ more

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2 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Almost an excellent movie, but..., 6 April 2009
8/10
Author: Albrecht Gaub from Madison, Wisconsin

Atmospheric and likable and engaging. Non-standard characters and a rural environment strangely reminiscent of my childhood in 1970s West Germany. Are there still houses in the Czech Republic that have no indoor plumbing? The film makes us believe so. A few post- modernist monikers, such as cellphones, computers, and the PET bottle from which the peasant woman drinks her home-made cider cannot prevent the bad guy's convertible from looking just outlandish, like a UFO on wheels.

And yet there is one thing about the plot that worries me. What if the teacher were straight and the student he molested were a female? Would it still be acceptable by the (double) standards of 21st-century political correctness if the victim's mother insisted on her daughter to forgive the molester? I doubt it and imagine a public outcry not only from the feminist side. The gay rapist may be forgiven, the straight one may not. We have come a long way. The Czechs even more so.

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