Marian
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Petr Vaclav
Stefan Ferko
Milan Cifra
Radek Holub
Jaroslava Vyslouzilova
Ludmila Krokova
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Marian Kovacs is asleep in his cell when the prison guard wakes him as he has a flashback: Born in 1972 into a gypsy family that, government experts claimed, was unable to provide him with a "conventional" education, Marian Kovacs was the victim of cruel assimilation efforts in Czechoslovakia. He was torn from his mother at the age of three and placed in an orphanage. Unable to speak Czech and devoid of any sense of hygiene, he was the immediate subject of contempt and rejection. A few years later, Marian was placed in an institution for mentally handicapped children. He was labeled a "mental retard," branded with "hereditary defects inherent in his tribe," and told that he was fated to a bleak future. He was beaten, exploited, punished, and cast aside. Marian thus grew up wild and rebellious, in a hostile world that cared nothing for him, sent from orphanage to reformatory, on the run when not in prison. His utter despair changes, however, when he meets his prison counselor, Eva.
Director
Petr Vaclav
Cast
Stefan Ferko
Milan Cifra
Radek Holub
Jaroslava Vyslouzilova
Ludmila Krokova
Terza Zajickova-grygarova
Eva Hradilova
Crew
Philippe Avril
Joel Farges
Alois Fisarek
Cestmir Kopecky
Ester Krumbachova
Stepan Kucera
Ondrej Nekvasil
Daniel Nemec
Kristina Petrova
Jan Sikl
Jaroslav Stanek
Jiri Vaclav
Petr Vaclav
Petr Vaclav
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States 1997
Released in United States August 1996
Released in United States June 1998
Released in United States November 1996
Released in United States September 1996
Released in United States Spring May 8, 1998
Recipient of the Silver Leopard award at the 1996 Locarno International Film Festival.
Shown at Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in New York City (Walter Reade) June 12-25, 1998.
Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (in competition) August 2-12, 1996.
Shown at Montreal World Film Festival August 22 - September 2, 1996.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 29 - February 9, 1997.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 24 - May 8, 1997.
Released in United States 1996 (Recipient of the Silver Leopard award at the 1996 Locarno International Film Festival.)
Released in United States 1996 (Shown at Montreal World Film Festival August 22 - September 2, 1996.)
Released in United States November 1996 (Shown at Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Main Programme) November 8-17, 1996.)
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 29 - February 9, 1997.)
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 24 - May 8, 1997.)
Released in United States Spring May 8, 1998
Released in United States June 1998 (Shown at Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in New York City (Walter Reade) June 12-25, 1998.)
Released in United States August 1996 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (in competition) August 2-12, 1996.)
Released in United States September 1996 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival September 5-14, 1996.)
Shown at Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Main Programme) November 8-17, 1996.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival September 5-14, 1996.
Feature directorial debut for Petr Vaclav.
