Charlatan (2020)
Coming Out at August 20, 2020 in theaters
Drama, History
Charlatan is history drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland, and written by Marek Epstein, Martin Sulc and Jaroslav Sedlácek. The film stars Ivan Trojan, Josef Trojan, Juraj Loj, Daniela Vorácková, Jaroslava Pokorná, Miroslav Hanus and Tomás Jerábek. The film primiered at April 15, 2020 on Berlin International Film Festival.
Few true stories tread the thin line between good and evil as precariously as that of Jan Mikolášek, a 20th century Czech herbal healer whose great success masked the grimmest of secrets. Mikolášek won fame and fortune treating celebrities of the interwar, Nazi, and Communist eras with his uncanny knack for “urinary diagnosis”. But his passion for healing welled up from the same source as a lust for cruelty, sadism, and an incapacity for love that only one person could ever quell – his assistant, František. As a show trial threatens to pry open these secrets and undo him, Jan’s dichotomies are put to a final test, with the fate of his life’s only love in the balance. A personal tale as replete with twists as the century itself, and a reflection on the price one pays for single-mindedly following one’s calling.
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Writers: Marek Epstein, Martin Sulc, Jaroslav Sedlácek
Stars: Ivan Trojan, Josef Trojan, Juraj Loj, Daniela Vorácková, Jaroslava Pokorná, Miroslav Hanus, Tomás Jerábek
►Cast
| Ivan Trojan | ► | Jan Mikolásek |
| Josef Trojan | ► | Young Jan Mikolásek |
| Juraj Loj | ► | Frantisek Palko |
| Jaroslava Pokorná | ► | Mühlbacherová |
| Jirí Cerný | ► | Zlatohlávek – duty solicitor |
| Miroslav Hanus | ► | Interrogator |
| Ladislav Kolár | ► | President Zápotocky |
| Martin Sitta | ► | General |
| Jan Vlasák | ► | Mikolásek’s janitor |
| Barbora Milotová | ► | Nurse |
| Milena Sajdkova | ► | Postwoman |
| Magdaléna Borová | ► | Young Woman |
| Otmar Brancuzský | ► | Butcher |
| Daniela Vorácková | ► | Adult Johana |
| Adam Hrdy | ► | Little Boy |
| Pavlína Storková | ► | Boy’s Mother |
| Jan Budar | ► | Clerk Mrazek |
| Matej Sumbera | ► | Jan’s Friend |
| Frantisek Beles | ► | Deserter |
| Philipp Schenker | ► | Officer |
| Martin Mysicka | ► | Jan’s father |
| Melika Yildiz | ► | Young Johana |
| Lenka Veliká | ► | Jan’s Mother |
| Frantisek Trojan | ► | Alois Mikolásek |
| Éva Bandor | ► | Slovak Woman |
| Igor Bares | ► | Professor Kajtl |
| Tomás Jerábek | ► | Secret Policeman |
| Filip Brouk | ► | Job Applicant |
| Marek Epstein | ► | Man in the Line |
| Natálie Drabiscáková | ► | Patient |
| Joachim Paul Assböck | ► | Fritz Kiesewetter |
| Jana Kvantiková | ► | Frantisek’s wife |
| Jana Olhová | ► | Frantisek’s mother |
| Pavel Svaton | ► | Patient in Jail |
| Bernhard Schütz | ► | Dr. Ullrich |
| Claudia Vaseková | ► | Interpreter |
| Miloslav Marsálek | ► | Housekeeper |
| Jan Novotný | ► | Prosecutor |
| Václav Kopta | ► | Judge |