Masaryk (2016)

A period in the life of diplomat and politician Jan Masaryk, who was the son of Czechoslovakia's founder, served as the country's minister of foreign affairs and is believed by many to have been killed by the Communists in 1948.

Director:

Julius Sevcík

Writers:

Petr Kolecko, Alex Königsmark

Stars:

Karel Roden, Hanns Zischler, Oldrich Kaiser

20 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Karel Roden	...	Jan Masaryk
Hanns Zischler	...	Dr. Stein
Oldrich Kaiser	...	Edvard Benes
Arly Jover	...	Marcia Davenport
Jirí Vyorálek	...	Konrad Henlein
Emília Vásáryová	...	Blazenka
Eva Herzigova	...	Madla
Martin Hofmann	...	President's Secretary
Zuzana Krónerová	...	Alice Masaryková
Jirí Ornest	...	Tomás G. Masaryk
Ján Gresso	...	Milan Hodza
Dermot Crowley	...	Lord Halifax
Paul Nicholas	...	Neville Chamberlain
Milton Welsh	...	Georges Bonnet
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joan Blackham	...	Mrs. Fitzgerald

Storyline

It is 1939. Flamboyant Czech diplomat Jan Masaryk has fled to America to escape his recent past. Germany has invaded Czechoslovakia and Masaryk is now a man with no nation. In America he tries to forget the personal and political betrayal he and his country have suffered but these events shadow his every step. As the Czechoslovak ambassador in London, Masaryk failed to win the support of the British and could not avert the ruination of his country. With the help of Dr. Stein, an emigre German psychiatrist, and the beautiful writer Marcia Davenport, Masaryk tries to overcome his demons and re-live the dramatic events leading to the outbreak of the second world war.

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Plot Keywords:

czech politician | czech diplomat | diplomat | politician | minister | 

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | History

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Details

Official Sites:

Bioscop [Czech Republic] Garfield Film [Slovakia]

Country:

Czech Republic Slovakia Germany

Language:

Czech Slovak English French

Release Date:

9 March 2017 (Czech Republic)

Also Known As:

A Prominent Patient

Company Credits

Production Co:

In Film Praha, Ceská Televize, Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jeremy Irons was originally considered for the part of Neville Chamberlain, eventually played by Paul Nicholas.

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Quotes

Neville Chamberlain: Your manners really are appalling.

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Connections

Featured in Show Jana Krause: Episode dated 22 February 2017 (2017)

User Reviews

What a disorganized mess

I will not question the historical accuracy, it was surely well researched, and "adopted". But I do question the presentation - what a mess! Scenes are flashing back and forth in time, cultural conflicts, discontinuities, worthless encounters. The choice of languages, spoken versus subtitles, is unfortunate. The actors had strange accents and the subtitles were poor translations. Above all, why? Why would a Czech movie-maker use a purely Czech topic in purely Czech history, to make movie in Czech republic, using Czech resources, and then produce 90% of it in a language which Czechs do not understand? I am thinking that it was meant to impress the foreigners and ignore the Czechs, who might be calling out the falsehoods. The only reason I did not rate it "1" was because it is a great subject, now regrettably abused and more difficult to correct.