Charlatan

Drama, Slovakia/Poland 2020

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Based on a true story, CHARLATAN tells the life of Czech healer Jan Mikolášek, who cured hundreds of people with herbal medicines. What begins as the journey of a young man interested in alternative medicine soon becomes a fascinating portrait of a brilliant genius whose passion does not go unnoticed for long. Treating celebrities of National Socialism and Communism, bringing him fame and fortune, Mikolášek soon finds himself caught in the dichotomy of morality and cruelty, light and darkness, love and hate. A paradoxical life that is put to the test by his love for his assistant František and by his former patrons, who suddenly turn against him...
119 min
HD
FSK 16
Audio language:
CzechGerman
Subtitles:
German

Awards

Czech Lions 2021 Best Film & Director Agnieszka Holland
Czech Lions 2021 Best Actor Ivan Trojan
Polish Film Awards Best Costume Design Katarina Bielikova

More information

Cast:

Ivan Trojan (Jan Mikolášek)

Josef Trojan (Young Jan Mikolášek)

Juraj Loj (František Palko)

Jaroslava Pokorná (Mülbacherova)

Jiří Černý (Zlatohlávek)

Martin Sitta (General)

Miroslav Hanuš (Interrogator)

Original title:

Šarlatán

Original language:

Czech

Further titles:

Sarlatan

Sarlatán

Szarlatan

Format:

16:9 HD, Color

Age rating:

FSK 16

Audio language:

CzechGerman

Subtitles:

German