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Also known as Zelary

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.

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A 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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Ratings

IMDb

7.5/10

3,868 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

74%

Metacritic

66/100

Year
2003
Runtime
150 min
Genres
Drama, Romance, War
Rated
R
Awards
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 11 nominations total

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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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Wikidata facts

Duration
142
FilmAffinity ID
214079
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publication date
2003-01-01
title
Želary
review score
66/100
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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".

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