The story is inspired by the active life of the healer Jan Mikolasek, which was prepared by the front Czech screenwriter Marek Epstein, who won the Czech Lion Award. The director of this film is one the most excellent world directors of the present Agnieszka Holland, whose films won highest prestigious international awards, including nominations to the Oscar.
Charlatan has been nominated to 14 Czech Lion Awards and 5 Czech Film Critics' Awards. The film has also been selected to represent Czech Republic for the Oscars race and Agnieszka Holland was nominated in the Best Director category at the European Film Awards 2020.
Since it's premiere during Berlinale 2020, Charlatan was presented on many festivals all around the globe. Such as:
Telluride Film Festival
International Film Festival Chicago
Mill Valley Film Festival
Sao Paulo International Film Festival
My Cinema My Film festival (organised by International Film Festival Sydney)
International Crime and Punishment Film Festival Istanbul
Riga International Film Festival
Moscow International Film Festival
Odessa International Film Festival
Scanorama Film Festival Vilnius
Visegrad Cinema Days Kiev
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
CinEast - Festival du Film d`Europe Centrale et Orientale - Luxembourg
DIRECTOR
Agnieszka Holland
SCREENPLAY
Marek Epstein
PRODUCERS
Šárka Cimbalová
Kevan Van Thompson
CO-PRODUCERS
Mike Downey, Sam Taylor - F&ME
Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska - Madants
Czech Television
Barrandov Studio, RTVS
Lívia Filusová - Furia Film
Studio Metrage
Certicon
Vladimír a Tatiana Maříkovi
Magic Lab
Czech Film Fund
Polish Film Institut
Slovak Film Fund
Prague Film Fund
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Aleš Týbl
Jeff Field
STARRING
Ivan Trojan, Josef Trojan, Juraj Loj, Jaroslava Pokorná
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Martin Štrba
SOUND DESIGNER
Radim Hladík jr.
COMPOSER
Antonia Komasa-Łazarkiewicz
MAKE-UP
René Stejskal, Gabriela Poláková
PRODUCTION DESIGNER
Milan Býček
COSTUME DESIGNER
Katarina Štrbová-Bieliková
EDITOR
Pavel Hrdlička
IDEA BY
Martin Šulc, Jaroslav Sedláček
