Tlmocník
The Interpreter- Director
- Martin Šulík
- Country
- Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria
- Year
- 2018
- Genre
- Fiction
- Scriptwriters
- Martin Šulík, Marek Lešcák
- Cast
- Peter Simonischek, Jirí Menzel, Zuzana Mauréry, Anna Rakovska, Eva Kramerová
- Production
- In Film Praha, Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska, coop99, Ceská Televize
Storyline
80-year-old Ali Ungar comes across a book by a former SS officer describing his wartime activities in Slovakia. He realises his parents were executed by him. He sets out to take revenge but finds instead his 70-year-old son, Georg, a retired teacher. Georg, who had avoided his father all his life, decides to find out more about him and offers Ali to be his interpreter. The two old men, in everything opposite, embark on a bittersweet journey to meet surviving witnesses of the wartime tragedy. They discover a country eager to forget its past. They realise their memories are fragments mixed with their imagination and interpretation. They connect in silence and manage to discover their own identity.
Festivals & Academy awards and others
Berlin International Film Festival 2018
Berlinale Special
World Premiere
Releases
Spain (18 of September 2020)
Call for proposals Distribution Automatic
