Film

Unsere Champions (2004)

• 1. April 2004
• 1 Std. 23 Min.

• Drama

Übersicht

Ice hockey is a Czech national obsession, and the country's victory over Russia in the 1969 World Championships, the year following the Soviet invasion, is a celebrated moment in its history. In Marek Najbrt's black comedy, the heroic exploits take place only on a black and white tv screen as a group of representative misfits gather and watch the game in a desolate village on the Czech border. While consisting of recognisable types, Najbrt's bleak portrait reveals a world of alcoholism, debt, racism, bigotry, and infidelity that trails behind the dreams of nationalism and bears little resemblance to the fantasies of the new consumerism. A clever and multi-levelled film, it provides a sharp antidote to the reconciliatory charms of the conventional Czech comedy.

Regisseur

Marek Najbrt

Drehbuchautoren

Marek Najbrt, Benjamin Tuček, Robert Geisler

Besetzung

Jan Budař, Klára Melíšková, Will Spoor