Charlatan
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A celebrated Czech herbalist navigates survival across successive regimes — Nazi occupation and Communist rule — each exploiting his healing gifts at a personal cost.
Why watch: Agnieszka Holland's Oscar-shortlisted film swept five Czech Lion Awards.
Cast
Josef Trojan as Young Jan Mikolášek
Ivan Trojan as Jan Mikolášek
Juraj Loj as František Palko
Jaroslava Pokorná as Mülbacherova
Jana Kvantiková as František's wife
Jiří Černý as Zlatohlávek
Martin Sitta as General
Miroslav Hanuš as Interrogator
Vladimír Polívka
Melika Yildiz as Johana
Petr Stach as lékař u Antonína Zápotockého (hlas)
Crew
Agnieszka Holland — Director
Marek Epstein — Screenplay
Šárka Cimbalová — Producer
Kevan Van Thompson — Producer
Martin Štrba — Director of Photography
Pavel Hrdlička — Editor
Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz — Original Music Composer
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