Toman
Year: 2018
Country:
CZECHIA
Language:
Czech
Run Time:
144 minutes
The year is 1945 and World War II has just ended. Hundreds of thousands of Eastern European Jews who have survived the Holocaust are now refugees, flooding the borders of neighboring countries and often being turned away. At the same time, Zdeneˇk Toman, the son of a Hungarian Jewish family, is making a name for himself in national politics in Czechoslovakia. After working his way up as a bureaucrat for the Communist Party (through questionable means), he becomes head of the Czechoslovak Foreign Intelligence. With his power and influence, Toman would go on to create safe passage for more than 200,000 Jewish refugees through Czechoslovakia. TOMAN is a historical drama based on the real life of the “Czech Schindler,” an imperfect and complicated man who remains a controversial figure in his country’s history. Along with telling his story, TOMAN sheds light on a messy and often overlooked part of history: the years immediately following World War II and its lasting impacts on Europe and the world. (In Czech with subtitles) —G.S.
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Competition
George Gund III Memorial Central and Eastern European Competition
Director
Ondřej Trojan
Ondřej Trojan is a producer and actor who was born in Prague. His feature film, “Želary,” received a 2004 Academy Award® nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
Filmography
Let's All Sing Around (1991), Želary (2003), Identity Card (2010), TOMAN (2018)
Producer
Ondřej Trojan
Screenwriting
Zdenka Simandlova, Ondřej Trojan
Cinematography
Tomás Sysel
Editing
Vladimír Barák
Principal Cast
Jirí Machácek, Katerina Winterová, Kristýna Boková
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