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Few true stories tread the thin line between good and evil as precariously as that of Jan Mikolášek, a 20th century Czech herbal healer whose great success masked the grimmest of secrets. Mikolášek won fame and fortune treating celebrities of the interwar, Nazi, and Communist eras with his uncanny knack for “urinary diagnosis”. But his passion for healing welled up from the same source as a lust for cruelty, sadism, and an incapacity for love that only one person could ever quell – his assistant, František. As a show trial threatens to pry open these secrets and undo him, Jan’s dichotomies are put to a final test, with the fate of his life’s only love in the balance. A personal tale as replete with twists as the century itself, and a reflection on the price one pays for single-mindedly following one’s calling.
Original Release
08/20/2020
US Release
07/23/2021
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Ivan Trojan | Jan Mikolásek / Jan Mikolášek |
Josef Trojan | Young Jan Mikolásek / Young Jan Mikolášek |
Juraj Loj | Frantisek Palko / František Palko |
Jaroslava Pokorná | Mühlbacherová / Mülbacherova |
Jirí Cerný | Zlatohlávek - duty solicitor / Zlatohlávek |
Miroslav Hanuš | Interrogator |
Ladislav Kolár | President Zápotocky |
Martin Sitta | General |
Jan Vlasák | Mikolásek's janitor |
Milena Sajdkova | Postwoman |
Directors
Writers
Marek Epstein, Martin Sulc, Youko Matsuoka
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ivan Trojan | Jan Mikolásek / Jan Mikolášek |
Josef Trojan | Young Jan Mikolásek / Young Jan Mikolášek |
Juraj Loj | Frantisek Palko / František Palko |
Jaroslava Pokorná | Mühlbacherová / Mülbacherova |
Jirí Cerný | Zlatohlávek - duty solicitor / Zlatohlávek |
Miroslav Hanuš | Interrogator |
Ladislav Kolár | President Zápotocky |
Martin Sitta | General |
Jan Vlasák | Mikolásek's janitor |
Milena Sajdkova | Postwoman |
Magdaléna Borová | Young Woman |
Otmar Brancuzský | Butcher |
Daniela Vorácková | Adult Johana |
Adam Hrdy | Little Boy |
Pavlína Storková | Boy's Mother |
Jan Budar | Clerk Mrazek |
Matej Sumbera | Jan's Friend |
Frantisek Beles | Deserter |
Philipp Schenker | Officer |
Martin Myšicka | Jan's father |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jeff Field | Executive Producer |
Ales Tybl | Executive Producer |
Ales Tybl | Producer |
Sarka Cimbalova | Producer |
Mike Downey | Producer |
Lívia Filusová | Producer |
Wojciech Gostomczyk | Producer |
Adam Gudell | Producer |
Michal Krecek | Producer |
Klaudia Smieja | Producer |
Bogna Szewczyk | Producer |
Sam Taylor | Producer |
Kevan Van Thompson | Producer |