Overview
Milan, a Slovak working in Germany as a bricklayer, returns home to celebrate Christmas with his wife and three children, one of whom appears to be involved in suspicious activities related to an extremist organization.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Golden Kingfisher Award for the best feature live action or animated film (2020)
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (2020)
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Music
Music by Oskar Rózsa and David Solař
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Ján Meliš and Jan Melis
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Marko ŠkopScreenplay
- Original title
- Nech je svetlo
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 26, 2019
- Original language
- Slovak
- Countries
- Czech Republic, Slovakia
Production
Cast
Milan OndríkMilan
František BelešAdam- Zuzana KonečnáZuzka
Ľubomír PaulovičGrandfather- Katarína KormaňákováMonika
- Maximilián DušanovičIgor
Daniel FischerPriest- Csongor KassaiVišňovský
Anikó VargaVišňovský's Wife
Ingrid TimkováPriest's Mother
Marek GeišbergPolice Officer
Andreas NicklHans- Juliane WernerHans' Wife
Dieter FischerGerman Foreman
Matúš BeniakYoung Police Officer
Michal KinikCommander
Jakub KukaSkinhead
Ľubomíra DušaničováPolice Spokeswoman- Agáta SolčianskaSchool Principal
- Timothy BartovicWork Brigade Boy
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