The Interpreter
a MARTIN ŠULÍK picture
Synopsis
80-year-old Ali Ungar comes across a book by a former SS officer describing his wartime activities in Slovakia. He realiszes 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 that everything opposes embark on a bittersweet journey to meet surviving witnesses of the wartime tragedy. They discover a country eager to forget its past. They realize their memories are fragments mixed with their imagination and interpretation. They connect in silence and manage to discover their own identity.
*With the support of the Creative Europe Programme - MEDIA
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Press
"The subtlety of the film’s elegant craft, and the superb chemistry between Peter Simonischek and Jiří Menzel gives “The Interpreter” a respectful, quiet resonance.”
Variety
"Martin Šulík’s grandiose comeback…"
Screen Anarchy
"Menzel and Simonischek are such expressive actors, suggesting their characters’ humanity through looks and gestures that often add nuance to or even contradict the dialogue."
The Hollywood Reporter
Festivals
& Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
Special Presentation
Bucarest Cinepolitica
Haifa International FF
Award Between Israeli and Jewish Identity
Wiesbaden Go Est
Cairo International Film Festival
Slemani International Film Festival
Jerusalem International Film Festival
Trieste Film Festival
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Palic European Film Festival
Era New Horizons
Batumi Art House Film Festival
Athens Film Festival
Haifa International Film Festival
Festival Cinema Nador
Czech Film Week
Mostra Internacioal de Cinema Sao Paulo
Arras Film festival
London Czech Center
Ljubljana International Film Festival
UK Jewish Film Festival
East by Southeast Film Festival
Crime & Punishment FF
Warsaw Jewish Film Festival
Goa International Film Festival of India
International Film Festival of Kerala
Europe on Screen
Cast & Crew
| Peter Simonischek | Toni Erdmann |
|---|---|
| Jirí Menzel | Oscar winner 1966 as director |
| Zuzana Mauréry | |
| Attila Mokos | |
| Anna Rakovska |
| Directed by | Martin Šulìk |
|---|---|
| Written by | Marek Leščá |
| Martin Šulìk | |
| Producers | Rudolf Biermann |
| Martin Šulìk | |
| Bruno Wagner | |
| Cinematographer | Martin Štrba |
| Editor | Olina Kaufmanová |
| Sound | Klaus Kellermann |
| Pavel Rejholec | |
| Original music | Vladimír Godár |
| Production Manager | Josefína Borecká |
| Mirka Grimaldi | |
| Production designer | František Lipták |
| Costume designer | Katarína Hollá |
| Make-up | Lucie Liškova |
| Casting | Ingrid Hodalová |
| Margareta Abena |
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