The Affair (2019 film)
The Affair (Czech: Skleněný pokoj, lit. 'The glass room') is a 2019 Czech drama film directed by Julius Ševčík. It stars Hanna Alström, Karel Roden and Carice van Houten. It is based on a book by Simon Mawer of the same name.[3]
| The Affair | |
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 Film poster | |
| Czech | Skleněný pokoj |
| Directed by | Julius Ševčík |
| Written by | Andrew Shaw |
| Starring | Hanna Alström, Karel Roden |
| Music by | Miroslav Faderholz |
| Cinematography | Martin Štrba |
| Edited by | Jaroslaw Kaminski |
| Distributed by | Bioscop |
Release date |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Language | English |
| Budget | 80 Million CZK[1] |
| Box office | 14,601,283 CZK[2] |
Plot
The glass room is portrayed in the film as the center of the villa, an architectural uniqueness with a panorama of Brno behind a glass wall and an onyx back wall, which represents the pinnacle of the clients' financial possibilities. In the film, the glass room is a symbol of the cosmopolitan meeting and hopes of the business representatives of the First Republic, embodied in this case by the German Jewish big capitalists of Czechoslovakia, their friends, children and a Jewish educator. The future of the villa and the Tugendhat family is synonymous with the short-term prosperity of the First Republic, the beauty, modernity and openness of the 1930s, the relentlessly ended emigration of the owner's family, the aggression of Nazi power and the repression of their friends.
Cast
- Hanna Alström as Liesel
- Karel Roden as Von Abt
- Carice van Houten as Hana
- Claes Bang as Viktor
- Roland Møller as Stahl
- Alexandra Borbély as Neighbour
- Karel Dobrý as Laník
- Zuzana Fialová as Laníková
- Brian Caspe as Gestapo Officer
- Petra Bučková as
- Jana Plodková as STB officer
- Vladimír Polívka as Martin
- Martin Hofmann as Oskar
- Olga Plojhar Bursíková as Lenka
- Vladimír Javorský as Veselý
Reception
The film was nominated for 6 Czech Lion Awards in 2019. It was for Best Cinematography, Stage Design, Makeup and Hairstyling, Costume Design, Music and Sound.[4]
References
- "Vila Tugendhat zve filmové fanoušky. Hvězdně obsazený Skleněný pokoj je za dveřmi". Lidovky.cz (in Czech). 12 March 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- "Skleněný pokoj - Tržby a návštěvnost". Kinomaniak.cz. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- "Recenze: Film Skleněný pokoj není evropskou událostí, ale zločinem na knižní předloze". Aktuálně.cz - Víte, co se právě děje (in Czech). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- televize, Česká. "Nominace Českého lva si přivlastnili Vlastníci. Dost zbylo i na Nabarvené ptáče a Staříky". ČT24 - Nejdůvěryhodnější zpravodajský web v ČR - Česká televize (in Czech). Retrieved 20 January 2020.