Želary
Sign in to saveŽelary is a 2003 Czech/Slovak film directed by Ondřej Trojan and starring Anna Geislerová. The film received a 2004 Academy Award nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category. It was produced by Barrandov Studios in Prague.
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7.0A nurse and her surgeon-lover are part of a resistance movement in 1940s Czechoslovakia. When they are discovered, her lover flees and she must find a place to hide. A patient whose life she saved, a man from a remote mountain village where time stopped 150 years ago, agrees to hide her as his wife.
Released: 2003-09-04150 minDir: Ondřej TrojanDrama, Romance
Cast
- Anna Geislerová as Eliška/Hana
- György Cserhalmi as Joza
- Jaroslava Adamová as Lucka
- Miroslav Donutil as Priest
- Jaroslav Dušek as Teacher Tkác
- Iva Bittová as Zena
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Želary
- Film.image
- Zelary.jpg
- Film.caption
- U.S. poster
- Film.writer
- Květa Legátová (novel) Petr Jarchovský
- Film.starring
- Anna GeislerováGyörgy Cserhalmi
- Film.director
- Ondřej Trojan
- Film.distributor
- Sony Pictures Classics (US), Falcon (Czech Republic)
- Film.runtime
- 150 minutes
- Film.country
- Czech RepublicSlovakia
- Film.language
- CzechRussianGermanEnglish
- Film.budget
- 50,000,000 CZK
- Film.gross
- 43,881,284 CZK
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 2003
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Participant in
- 17th European Film Awards
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- Slovakia
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- human bonding
- Director
- Ondřej Trojan
- Screenwriter
- Květa Legátová
- Narrative location
- Czechoslovakia
- Duration
- +142
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Želary is a 2003 Czech/Slovak film directed by Ondřej Trojan and starring Anna Geislerová. The film received a 2004 Academy Award nomination in the Best Foreign Language Film category. It was produced by Barrandov Studios in Prague.
The film is adapted from two works by Czech novelist Květa Legátová - "Želary", a collection of short stories published in 2001, and her 2002 book, "Jozova Hanule".