Overview
The psyche of a ruthless secret agent in Cold War Czechoslovakia begins to unravel when he obsesses over the girlfriend of a suspected subversive he is tracking. This taut political thriller is a bleak and potent rendering of the emotional destruction wreaked by totalitarianism.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Czech Lion for Best Film (2010)
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Filming locations
Filmed in Prague, Ostrava, Bratislava and 4 other locations
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Music
Music by WWW and Tomáš Vtípil
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Jaromír Kačer
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Ondřej ŠtindlScreenplay
- Original title
- Pouta
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 4, 2010
- Original language
- Czech
- Countries
- Czech Republic
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Ondřej MalýAntonín
Kristína TormováKlára
Martin FingerTomáš
Luboš VeselýPavel
Lukáš LatinákMartin
Barbora MilotováSilvie
Oldřich Kaisermajor Janeček
Ivana Uhlířová
Iva Pazderková
Jana Janěková
Monika A. Fingerová
Jiří Štrébl
Cyril Drozda
Natália Drabiščáková
Filip Rajmont
Tomáš Bambušek
Roman Zach
Tomáš Turek
Roman Slovák- Dušan Škubal
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