Lost in Munich
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPetr Zelenka
Written byPetr Zelenka
Produced byDavid Ondříček
CinematographyAlexander Šurkala
Edited byVladimír Barák
Music byMatouš Hejl
Release dates
Running time
120 minutes
CountryCzech Republic
LanguageCzech
Budget37,000,000 CZK[1]
Box office$115,922[2]

Lost in Munich (Czech: Ztraceni v Mnichově) is a 2015 Czech comedy film directed by Petr Zelenka. The movie plot and title is inspired by Lost in La Mancha, a documentary film about Terry Gilliam's unfinished movie.[3]

The narrative revolves a haunted making of the movie Lost in Munich which tells the story about unsuccessful journalist and 90-year-old parrot who used to live with the French prime minister Édouard Daladier and is still repeating Daladier's quotes related to the Munich Agreement. The failed film production (with the feigned French co-production) is the allegory to the alleged French betrayal in 1938.[4]

The film received the Czech Film Critics' Awards for Best Film, Director and Screenplay.[5] It was selected as the Czech entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[6][7]

Cast

Reception

Stephen Dalton of The Hollywood Reporter wrote:

Paying explicit homage to Francois Truffaut's classic behind-the-scenes film-set comedy Day for Night, Zelenka's mischievous mix of farce and tragedy is a much smarter animal than it first appears. Behind its zany premise and sometimes bumpy tone, Lost in Munich eventually emerges as a sardonic commentary on the Czech people's simplistic self-image as eternal victims of more powerful European neighbors. ... Lost in Munich is unlikely to take much business from Judd Apatow in the multiplex laughter league, but it is both entertaining and educational, a largely successful experiment in navel-gazing meta-comedy.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Režisér Zelenka: Česká společnost vnímá Mnichov 1938 jako mýtus". Lidovky.cz (in Czech). 25 August 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Lost in Munich". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  3. ^ "Petr Zelenka: Vždycky chci udělat jednoduchý film a nakonec je strašně složitý". TotalFilm.cz. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  4. ^ Maršálek, Zdenko; Coufalová, Iveta (2015). "Daladierův papoušek aneb Po hlavě do historie". Dějiny a současnost (in Czech). 10: 42–43. ISSN 0418-5129.
  5. ^ Kudláč, Martin (2016-01-25). "Czech critics name Lost in Munich the best domestic film of 2015". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  6. ^ "Lost in Munich wins Czech Republic's nomination for best foreign Oscar". 15 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  7. ^ Holdsworth, Nick (16 September 2016). "Oscars: Czech Republic Selects 'Lost in Munich' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Ztraceni v Mnichově" (in Czech). Česká televize. Retrieved 31 October 2016. (Note: the names of some characters in official website differ from the final movie version)
  9. ^ Dalton, Stephen (2015-11-02). "'Lost in Munich' ('Ztraceni v Mnichove'): London Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-01-25.

External links

Petr Zelenka
Czech submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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