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1996 · Drama, Comedy · Czech7.3× its budget · Critics +14 over audiences

Critics vs audiences

Critics like it more than audiences (+14)

Critics 96Audiences 82GoodWatch 88

  • Rotten Tomatoes

    Tomatometer96%

  • Rotten Tomatoes

    Audience score92%

  • IMDb

    IMDb7.7

  • Letterboxd

    Letterboxd · 8 K ratings3.8/5

Box office

7.3×its budget

Budget
$1 M
Worldwide
$8 M

Worldwide it earned $7 M more than it cost.

Running time

1 h 45 min

A typical length for dramas

Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.

Reach

Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 33 more

Released

1996

May 15, 1996

30 years ago

Genres

DramaComedy

Language

Czech

Original language

Also spoken

SlovakRussian

Made in

  • Czechia
  • United Kingdom
  • France

Awards

Oscar winner, Golden Globe winner, BAFTA nomineeWins and nominations by award

Academy Awards1997

  • International Feature Film1997Won
  • Foreign Language Film1997Won

Golden Globe Awards1997

  • Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language1997Won
  • Best Non-English Language Film1997Won

BAFTA Awards1997

  • Best Film Not in the English Language1997Nominated

Starring

StarringZdeněk Svěrák, Andrei Khalimon, Libuše Šafránková

24 people

Made by

Directed by Jan Svěrák, written with Zdeněk Svěrák, Pavel TaussigVladimír Smutný (camera), Ondřej Soukup (music), Alois Fišárek (editing)·71 people in 11 departments

Directing · 5

Writing · 2

Production · 15

Camera · 7

Editing · 2

Sound · 7

Art · 12

Costume & Make-Up · 6

Visual Effects · 4

Lighting · 5

Other crew · 6