Movie Cosmos - Servants

Description:

Michal and Juraj, two students of a theological seminary in totalitarian Czechoslovakia, must decide if they'll choose the easier way of collaboration, or if they'll subject themselves to the surveillance of the secret police.

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Samuel Skyva

As Juraj

Samuel Polakovič

As Michal

Vlad Ivanov

As Dr. Ivan

Vladimír Strnisko

As Dean

Milan Mikulčík

As Clergyman

Tomáš Turek

As Leader

Vladimír Zboroň

As Secretary

Martin Šulík

As Physician

Vladimír Obšil

As Father Coufar

Peter Zálesnák

As Secret Policeman 2

Zvonko Lakčevič

As Secret Policeman 1

Dusan Kuznecov

As Minister

Filip Novák

As Seminarian

Ján Marcin

As Seminarian

Svätozár Rúzicka

As Seminarian

Adam Bíro

As Seminarian

Marián Púcik

As Seminarian

Jozef Minárik

As Seminarian

Marek Kundlák

As Voice on the Radio (voice)

Michala Kyselová

As Voice on the Answering Machine (voice)

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Ivan Ostrochovský

Director

Reviews:

SWITCH. (6/10)

As a piece of filmmaking, 'Servants' is certainly impressive, filled with striking cinematography and flashes where we glimpse the strange, surreal world behind the Iron Curtain in Czechoslovakia. What is even more beguiling about the film is reminding one's self that this is set in 1980, the very recent past. The world we see feels captured in time, a vision of a post-war world rather than a more contemporary one. Unfortunately, full advantage of these elements is never taken up, and in the end, 'Servants' also feels like an unfinished film, an idea taken to a certain point but never given the opportunity to fully grow. It's a pity, because all the hallmarks are there of an intriguing film and an intriguing filmmaker.