Servants

Watch: Servants

Unrated

12/9/20201h 21m

Premiere Release (US)

Overview:

Michal and Juraj, two students of a theological seminary in totalitarian Czechoslovakia, must decide if they'll choose the easier way of collaboration, or if they'll subject themselves to the surveillance of the secret police.

Director:

Ivan Ostrochovský

Status:

Released

Language:

Slovak

Buget:

$1,700,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

priest
black and white
seminary
communism
secret police
medical examination
1980s
communist espionage
secret
central europe

Cast

Samuel Skyva

~ as ~

Juraj

Samuel Polakovič

~ as ~

Michal

Vlad Ivanov

~ as ~

Dr. Ivan

Vladimír Strnisko

~ as ~

Dean

Milan Mikulčík

~ as ~

Clergyman

Tomáš Turek

~ as ~

Leader

Vladimír Zboroň

~ as ~

Secretary

Martin Šulík

~ as ~

Physician

Vladimír Obšil

~ as ~

Father Coufar

Peter Zálesnák

~ as ~

Secret Policeman 2

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Reviews (1)

SWITCH.
Written 5 year(s) ago
6
As a piece of filmmaking, 'Servants' is certainly impressive, filled with striking cinematography and flashes where we glimpse the strange, surreal world behind the Iron Curtain in Czechoslovakia. What is even more beguiling about the film is reminding one's self that this is set in 1980, the very recent past. The world we see feels captured in time, a vision of a post-war world rather than a more contemporary one. Unfortunately, full advantage of these elements is never taken up, and in the end, 'Servants' also feels like an unfinished film, an idea taken to a certain point but never given the opportunity to fully grow. It's a pity, because all the hallmarks are there of an intriguing film and an intriguing filmmaker.
- Daniel Lammin
Read Daniel's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-servants-an-austere-glimpse-behind-the-iron-curtain-in-czechoslovakia