Crossing Europe

Servants

1 hr. 20 min. | Drama, Detective, Available online | N-16

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The year is 1980. Michal and Juraj are students at a theological seminary in totalitarian Czechoslovakia. Fearing the dissolution of their school, the tutors are moulding the students into a shape satisfactory to the ruling Communist Party. Each of the young seminarians must decide if he will give into the temptation and choose the easier way of collaborating with the regime, or if he will subject himself to draconian surveillance by the secret police. A frosty film noir in which, just a few years before the collapse of the totalitarian system, the forces of history and the servants of two powers and two belief systems collide.

Ivan Ostrochovský

Ivan Ostrochovský

Ivan Ostrochovský studied documentary directing and worked as a director and producer in Bratislava. After making several short documentaries and series, he directed his first feature-length documentary, „Velvet Terrorists“, which premiered at the 2014 Berlinale and won several awards. His debut fiction feature film, „Koza“, screened at the Berlinale in 2015, received various awards and was selected as Slovakia’s 2016 Oscar entry.
Languages
Slovak
Subtitles
Lithuanian
Original title
Služobníci
Produced
2020: Slovakia, Romania, Czechia, Ireland

Film information

Director
Ivan Ostrochovský
Producers
Ivan Ostrochovský, Albert Malinovský, Katarína Tomková
Screenplay
Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Marek Lešcák, Ivan Ostrochovský
Music
Miroslav Tóth, Cristian Lolea
Cinematography
Juraj Chlpík
Cast
Lana Barić, Daan Stuyven, Lóránt Bocskor-Salló, Maja Roberti
More information
www.imdb.com

Screenings

Wednesday, 4 November

17:15

Pasaka Senamiesčio · Didžioji

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Monday, 9 November

19:00

Skalvija · Hall 1

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Thursday, 12 November

17:00

Skalvija · Hall 1

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Saturday, 14 November

15:00

Paupio Pasaka · Paupio salė

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