Summary
Slovakia, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. The family of the young Jewish Martin Friedmann gathers to celebrate his bar mitzvah and make a solemn promise that they will all meet again a year later around the same table; but the storms of war and anti-Semitic fanaticism will lead each of them down very different paths.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Teens
Skip it if
- You want something to laugh at
- You need an uplifting mood
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 78GoodWatch 72
Audience score88%
IMDb6.7
Running time
2 h 15 min
Longer than most dramas, +26 min on the typical 109
typical 109135Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 28 countries, rent or buy in 48 more
+18Released
2009
April 30, 2009
17 years ago
Genres
DramaHistoryWarLanguage
Slovak
Original language
Also spoken
GermanHebrewPolishRussianMade in
Czechia
Slovakia- United States
Rated
No age rating yet.
Yes: its content advisories are violence and suicide themes, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids.
and 32 more56 people
- Samuel SpišákMartin
- Ina GogálováMrs. Friedmannová
- Ondřej VetchýMr. Friedmann
- Marián SlovákRabbi
- Vlado ČernýDoctor Fehér
- Ivan RomančíkShoemaker Feldman
- Roman LuknárCommander Vózar
- Peter OszlíkVilo
Sergej SanžaCézar- JSJuraj SadílekFred Mahler
Ivan KrivosudskýOld Martin (voice)
Ľubomír BukovýMóric
Norman ŠároŠmuel
Daniel FischerAlex
Dávid HartlDežo
Jakub SpišákHerman
Zuzana PorubjakováRáchel- PKPeter KočanEmanuel
Ľudmila SwanováFeldmanová
Dušan KaprálikGoldsmith Fischer- BŽBenjamin ŽiakRóbert Fischer
- JTJozef TkáčMr. Šebo
Viera TopinkováMrs. Šebová- JSJana SegešováHandmaid Mária
Directing · 6
- Jiří Chlumský Director
- Peter Pálka First Assistant Director
- Eva Dutková Script Supervisor
- Richard 'Kay' Kardhordo Assistant Director
- Paula Hrmová Assistant Director
- Peter Hartl Second Unit Director
Writing · 2
- Jan Novák Screenplay
- Martin Friedmann-Petrásek Book
Production · 9
- Peter Hlava Executive Producer
- Iveta Černá Ivanová Producer
- Ingrid Hodálová Casting
- Jaroslav Kučera Co-Producer
- Vladimír Bednár Co-Producer
- Vlado Černý Production Designer
Camera · 4
- Ján Ďuriš Director of Photography
- Tomáš Juríček Second Unit Director of Photography
- Pavol Breier Still Photographer
- Rafael Skurka Assistant Camera
Editing · 1
- Vassilis Skalenakis Editor
Sound · 3
- Michal Novinski Original Music Composer
- Martin Večeřa Sound Designer
- Pavel Bělohlávek Sound Assistant
Art · 2
- Oliver Csiky Production Design
- Viera Dandová Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Simona Vachálková Costume Design
- Juraj Steiner Makeup Department Head
Visual Effects · 3
- Ondrej Azor Visual Effects
- Juraj Kráľ Visual Effects
- Juraj Tomík Visual Effects
Other crew · 5
- Monika Fišerová Stunt Coordinator
- Milan 'Šuli' Rakický Special Effects
- František 'Šuli' Rakický Special Effects
- Kamil Jafar Special Effects
- Jozef Ťaptík Special Effects
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