Dukla 61
Year: 2018
Country:
CZECHIA
Language:
Czech
Run Time:
150 minutes
The real-life 1961 Dukla mine disaster in Czechoslovakia, which killed 108 miners, casts a long shadow over the deeply moving drama DUKLA 61. Handsome Petr is away at college, but he ends up returning home with his quietly ambitious girlfriend, Jana, after she becomes pregnant. Against his parents’ wishes, Petr insists on getting a job at the mine alongside his father, Milan, a principled hard worker recently traumatized by the underground death of his best friend, Pavel. From here, the film amasses agonizing tension as the plot flashes between scenes of safety breakdowns at the mine—for which Milan becomes a scapegoat after exposing them to top brass—and friction at home. Petr’s prim, critical mother, Marie, is hot-and-cold with Jana, who in turn has her own troubles as her beloved adjusts to the rough working life. When the unthinkable finally happens, the denouement ties together all of these threads into a rich conclusion, illustrating how loss and rebirth are inextricably intertwined. (In Czech with subtitles) —A.Z.
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Competition
George Gund III Memorial Central and Eastern European Competition
Director
David Ondříček
Czech director and producer David Ondricek studied documentary filmmaking at FAMU and is the founder of the production company, Lucky Man Films. He directed “In the Shadow”, which was the Czech candidate for Best Foreign Film at the 2013 Oscars®. In 2013, Variety magazine named him one of the year’s “Ten Directors to Watch.” Ondricek has won numerous awards including three Czech Lions and three Critics’ Awards.
Filmography
Loners (2000), One Hand Can't Clap (2003) – CIFF28, Grandhotel (2006), In the Shadow (2012), DUKLA 61 (2018)
Producer
Michal Reitler
Screenwriting
Jakub Režný, Matěj Podzimek
Cinematography
Marek Dvořák
Editing
Jakub Hejna
Principal Cast
Marek Taclík, Martha Issová, Oskar Hes, Antonie Formanová
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